Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jul 7, 2012 (1 killed), Kar...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on July 7, 2012 near Karnack, Texas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into...
- Date: July 7, 2012
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Karnack, Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into thunderstorm activity, which led to loss of control and in-flight breakup. The NTSB also cited ATC's failure to use radar information to give timely warning and alternate routing.
A King Air 90 on an unauthorized positioning flight without a weather briefing was warned by ATC of thunderstorm weather ahead. The pilot turned right, flew into a heavy to extreme radar echo and broke up in flight near Karnack, Texas. The sole pilot died.