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Avoiding King Air Rollover Tragedies | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast
Subtitle
When the King Air’s left engine fails on takeoff, what you do in the span of just three seconds means the difference between life and death.
Subject Area
Business Aviation
Teaser Text
When the King Air’s left engine fails on takeoff, what you do in the span of just three seconds means the difference between life and death.
Content Body

Over the past five years, one of the world’s most popular, dependable aircraft has been involved in a series of accidents—all of them fatal, all of them on takeoff. In each case, the Beechcraft King Airs appeared to roll or yaw to the left during a possible engine malfunction and crashed within seconds. What might be happening here? And what can pilots do to save their airplanes, their passengers, and their lives?


Participants:


  • Edward Hench (pseudonym), King Air 350 crewmember

  • Kipp Lau, pilot, aviation journalist

  • Marc Fruchter, aviation safety consultant

  • Lee Coffman, aviation safety consultant, King Air maintenance expert

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Writer(s) - Credited
Lisa Valladares
Publication Date (intermediate)
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