Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Feb 21, 2017 (5 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on February 21, 2017 near Melbourne-Essendon, Victoria, Australia with 5 fatalities. Cause: ATSB: The rudder...
- Date: February 21, 2017
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Melbourne-Essendon, Victoria, Australia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: ATSB: The rudder trim was likely set full nose left and was not detected by the pilot before take off. The take off with full left rudder trim degraded climb performance and controllability, leading to collision with terrain.
On 21 February 2017 a Beechcraft B200 King Air (VH ZCR) operated by Corporate and Leisure Aviation took off from Essendon on a charter to King Island with a pilot and four passengers. The take off roll was longer than expected, the aircraft yawed and sideslipped to the left, and it struck the roof of a building in the Bulla Road outlet centre at Essendon Airport. All five people on board were killed, the aircraft was destroyed by fire and two people on the ground were slightly injured.