Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jul 29, 2018 (1 killed), Ca...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on July 29, 2018 near Campo de Marte AFB, São Paulo, Brazil with 1 fatality. Cause: CENIPA: The pilot fixated on a...
- Date: July 29, 2018
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Campo de Marte AFB, São Paulo, Brazil
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CENIPA: The pilot fixated on a landing gear indicator failure, showed poor decision making, and flight controls were misused, resulting in a stall at low speed with a roll and loss of control.
A Beechcraft C90GTi King Air carrying seven people had landing gear indication problems and made two low passes over Campo de Marte Airport in Sao Paulo before its final approach. The airplane rolled left, crashed inverted beside runway 30 and caught fire. The pilot was killed and six people on board were injured, and CENIPA classified the event as loss of control in flight.