Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jun 25, 2014, Houston-Munic...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on June 25, 2014 near Houston-Municipal, Mississippi, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The pilot's...
- Date: June 25, 2014
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Houston-Municipal, Mississippi, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's failure to maintain a stabilized approach and his subsequent failure to maintain airplane control during the landing flare, which resulted in touchdown off the side of the runway and collision with a ditch.
A corporate King Air flown under Part 91 by BECS LLC departed Memphis for Houston Municipal Airport, Mississippi, on 25 June 2014. During the visual approach to runway 21 the crew reported a wind shear just above the runway, and after an attempted go around the airplane rolled left, ran off the side of the runway, struck a ditch and came to rest upright. A post crash fire broke out in the left engine area, and the pilot and passengers exited through the main door. The NTSB found that the approach was probably unstable for a period before landing and that the pilot did not maintain control during the flare.