Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Dec 4, 2016 (4 killed), Sot...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on December 4, 2016 near Sotillo de las Palomas, Castile-La Mancha, Spain with 4 fatalities. Cause: CIAIAC report A 043...
- Date: December 4, 2016
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Sotillo de las Palomas, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: CIAIAC report A 043 2016: Loss of control in flight from a stall and spin, with contributing factors including the decision to fly in instrument conditions with the radar inoperative, forecast icing, the autopilot not being disengaged during the emergency, and the pilot's lack of type rating and training.
A Beechcraft King Air 90 flying privately from Madrid Cuatro Vientos to Cascais in Portugal climbed into instrument conditions with the weather radar inoperative. It yawed left, lost airspeed, stalled and entered a spin that became flat, and the tail broke into five parts before the aircraft hit the ground and burned. All four people on board were killed.