Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Dec 9, 2009 (2 killed), Ch...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on December 9, 2009 near Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew continued the descent...
- Date: December 9, 2009
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew continued the descent prematurely below the published approach minima, for reasons the TSB could not determine, resulting in controlled flight into terrain.
An Exact Air King Air on a night IFR flight from Val-d'Or to Chicoutimi was cleared for an RNAV approach to runway 12. The crew continued descending below the published approach minima and struck a wooded area about 3 nautical miles from the threshold. The two pilots were killed and the two passengers were seriously injured.