Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Dec 2, 2011, Midland
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on December 2, 2011 near Midland, Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot let the airspeed drop below...
- Date: December 2, 2011
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Midland, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot let the airspeed drop below the icing approach speed and used autopilot in severe icing contrary to the handbook, causing loss of control. He also did not leave the icing area, and no hazardous icing advisory had been issued for the destination.
A Beechcraft F90 King Air on a positioning flight from Wharton to Midland, Texas, flew into moderate to severe icing on the approach and drifted off course with its windows iced over. The airplane rolled both ways and then struck a house near the runway, where a post-crash fire followed. The pilot was seriously injured but escaped, and there were no ground injuries.