Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Dec 19, 2019 (9 killed), C...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on December 19, 2019 near Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela with 9 fatalities. Cause: Decision to...
- Date: December 19, 2019
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Decision to continue the landing in critical weather without a risk assessment or adjusted safety margins, on a flight with passengers during an instructional flight
A Beechcraft King Air flying from Guasipati was cleared for the approach to runway 10 at Charallave after being told of poor weather and heavy rain at the airport. On short final it hit hilly terrain about 600 m southwest of the runway threshold and disintegrated. All nine occupants were killed.