Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Nov 4, 2010 (2 killed), Sai...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on November 4, 2010 near Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control...
- Date: November 4, 2010
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control during a low-speed exercise, probably in single-engine configuration. Contributing factors were no reference method for instructors on the type, an exercise flown with insufficient height margin and limited instructor vigilance.
A Beechcraft C90 King Air from Aix-les-Milles was flying a local training exercise with an instructor and a pilot under supervision. While at 6,000 ft and low speed, it entered an uncontrolled descent and struck a rocky slope in the Sainte-Victoire range near Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon. Both occupants were killed and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire.