Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Aug 5, 2007 (5 killed), Rui...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on August 5, 2007 near Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States with 5 fatalities. Cause: Failure to maintain terrain...
- Date: August 5, 2007
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Ruidoso, New Mexico, United States
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure to maintain terrain clearance after spatial disorientation during the night takeoff, according to the NTSB.
An air ambulance King Air 90 took off at night from Ruidoso for Albuquerque carrying a pilot, flight nurse, paramedic, a 15-month-old patient and the patient's mother. Shortly after departure it turned north and struck terrain about 4 miles from the airport, and a post-impact fire followed. All five people on board died.