Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, May 17, 2023 (1 killed), Fa...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on May 17, 2023 near Fayetteville-Drake, Arkansas, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's poor preflight...
- Date: May 17, 2023
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Fayetteville-Drake, Arkansas, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's poor preflight decision to depart into known instrument conditions without a functional autopilot led to spatial disorientation and loss of control. Contributing: self imposed pressure to make the flight (NTSB).
A King Air flying to another airport for autopilot maintenance departed into known instrument conditions without a working autopilot, lost control during the instrument approach to Fayetteville and crashed. The pilot died. The NTSB cited spatial disorientation.