Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Oct 4, 2007 (3 killed), Pag...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on October 4, 2007 near Pagosa Springs-Stevens Field, Colorado, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: October 4, 2007
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Pagosa Springs-Stevens Field, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot failed to keep clear of mountainous terrain. Contributing factors were inadequate preflight planning, poor in-flight decision making, the dark night, and the controller not issuing a safety alert.
A Beechcraft King Air C90A operated by Eagle Air Med for Scenic Aviation was on an air ambulance flight from Chinle, Arizona toward Alamosa, Colorado. The pilot contacted ATC with the wrong call sign, and at night in instrument conditions the aircraft descended into mountainous terrain near Pagosa Springs. The three occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.