Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Oct 26, 2009 (4 killed), B...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on October 26, 2009 near Benavides, Texas, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's failure to avoid severe...
- Date: October 26, 2009
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Benavides, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot's failure to avoid severe weather and the controller's failure to provide adverse weather advisories and avoidance assistance, which led to an encounter with a severe thunderstorm, loss of control and in-flight breakup from overstress.
A King Air flying from Uvalde to Leesburg was caught in a line of severe thunderstorms at 25,000 feet after controllers gave it a heading toward what was believed to be a gap in the weather. The aircraft lost altitude, reversed course and broke up in flight before hitting terrain near Benavides. All four occupants were killed.