Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 28 August 1983
Aircraft Type: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Owner/operator: Moore’s Air Charter
Registration Number: VH-KTE
Location: 3,5 km S of Adavale, QLD –
ÿ Australia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: Aircraft FuselageAircraft Fuselage
Category: Accident
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air aircraft, VH-KTE, crashed to the ground after breaking up in flight, resulting in the deaths of the pilot-in-command and all 11 passengers. The aircraft fuselage impacted the ground, inverted, without wings or empennage.A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air aircraft, VH-KTE, crashed to the ground after breaking up in flight, resulting in the deaths of the pilot-in-command and all 11 passengers. The aircraft fuselage impacted the ground, inverted, without wings or empennage.
Description
A Beechcraft 200 Super King Air aircraft, VH-KTE, broke up in flight and crashed to the ground 3.5 kilometres south of Adavale. The pilot-in-command and the 11 passengers were killed when the aircraft fuselage, devoid of wings and empennage, impacted the ground, inverted. The cause of the accident could not be established.
Source of Information
http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24852/198300051.pdfhttp://www.atsb.gov.au/media/24852/198300051.pdfPrimary Cause
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