Beechcraft 250 Super King Air crash, May 6, 2021, Gwalior
Beechcraft 250 Super King Air accident on May 6, 2021 near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot flying knowingly...
- Date: May 6, 2021
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 250 Super King Air
- Location: Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot flying knowingly descended below the 3 degree visual path at night, disregarding the PAPI. Contributing factors were ATC leaving the arrester barrier raised, crew distraction, and unserviceable barrier indicator lights at the air base.
A Madhya Pradesh government King Air B200GT on an ambulance and medical supply flight from Indore struck a raised arrester barrier short of runway 06R at Gwalior during a night visual approach. The aircraft stopped just past the threshold with substantial damage and no fire, and the two pilots and one passenger were injured. India's AAIB found the pilot flying descended below the visual approach path and ignored the PAPI, with a raised barrier and unlit obstacles as contributing factors.