Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Dec 14, 2008 (1 killed), Ro...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on December 14, 2008 near Rocksprings, Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot failed to properly...
- Date: December 14, 2008
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Rocksprings, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot failed to properly configure the pressurization controls, which left him impaired and then incapacitated by hypoxia.
A King Air positioning flight climbed to 24,000 feet and then drifted off course without responding to controllers. Radar showed a rapid descent until impact, and the sole pilot was killed. The NTSB found the pressurization controls had been set in a way that led to hypoxia, and the bleed air switches were closed.