Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Mar 6, 2013 (9 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on March 6, 2013 near Pias, La Libertad, Peru with 9 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control after colliding with...
- Date: March 6, 2013
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Pias, La Libertad, Peru
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of control after colliding with power cables when the crew lost visual references during an approach in poor weather. Contributing factors were inaccurate weather information from the airport flight coordinator, no approach procedure card for Pias, and limited copilot CRM training.
A Super King Air charter carrying two pilots and seven mining company employees from Lima to Pias descended too low in fog on approach. It struck high-voltage power cables, stalled and crashed on a mountainside about 4.5 km from the airport, and burned. All nine occupants were killed.