Beechcraft 1900C crash, Apr 7, 2013 (1 killed), São Tomé
Beechcraft 1900C accident on April 7, 2013 near São Tomé, Água Grande, São Tomé and Principe with 1 fatality. Cause: Not determined; the sources cite...
- Date: April 7, 2013
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C
- Location: São Tomé, Água Grande, São Tomé and Principe
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined; the sources cite adverse weather, an excessively long single-pilot flight and a lapsed medical certificate as contributing discrepancies, but no official conclusion was found
A Beechcraft 1900C-1 (ZS-PHL) on a long ferry flight from South Africa toward Bamako, Mali, with stops in Namibia and Sao Tome, disappeared while descending into Sao Tome in heavy rain and thunderstorms. Contact was lost at 16:13 and no wreckage or survivors were found in the search. The aircraft is recorded as missing and written off, and the pilot was killed.