Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Nov 5, 2021 (5 killed), Car...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on November 5, 2021 near Caratinga-Ubaporanga, Minas Gerais, Brazil with 5 fatalities. Cause: Collision with a power...
- Date: November 5, 2021
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Caratinga-Ubaporanga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Collision with a power line pylon during a low visual approach. The investigation cited inadequate approach judgment, with attention, memory and flight planning factors undetermined.
A King Air C90 on a charter flight from Goiania to Caratinga carried singer Marilia Mendonca and four others. On a visual approach it struck a lightning rod on a high voltage pylon, lost an engine and crashed in a riverbed about 4 km short of the runway. All five on board were killed.