Iceland King Air crash on TV One News

[baronbeeza]

TV One News are about to show footage of this crash in Iceland a couple of days ago.

Incredibly the co-pilot survived but I am not sure of injuries.
It looked terrible.

TF-MYX Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Air Ambulance from Air Myflug crashes on a dragstrip during qualifying before a race in Iceland.
3 persons onboard,Captain and Medic killed, Co-Pilot survives with minor injuries. No injuries on the ground.

Investigation is still active, plane was fully functional and well maintained. This was not an emergency landing. Co-Pilot has not commented publicly but it is known that he made remarks to the Captain about the dangerous flying.

Captain had requested a go around moments before landing at an airport close by and flew dangerously fast and low heading to dragstrip according to witnesses and crashed. Captain had close connections to the club running the dragstrip.
This is the Co-Pilot's second plane accident, excactly 12 years prior to the crash he had an emergency landing where the medic that died treated him for minor injuries.

Read more at www.liveleak.com/view?i=0c6_1389025127#8MwPE3jK1d3xFvDP.99

[johnnyfalcon]

Saw this the other day. Reminder: Aeroplanes bite fools.

[baronbeeza]

Actually that footage is very graphic. I have done a bit of work on King Airs and know them to be very solid machines, the RR of light aircraft.
Two things that strike me with that footage.
The first being the way the port wing is just removed, - the loadings must just act to shear it off with the bending and drag loads.

Secondly the survival aspects.

The co-pilot escaped with minor injuries.... there really is no impact as such, just deceleration forces.

Very similar to the Chieftain at Christchurch in many ways. The co-pilot may have been conscious and aware throughout.
How terrifying for him.

How fortunate for the survivor though. With the wing gone the aircraft could roll onto its roof, it could have flipped end for end otherwise.
The inverted aircraft then had a smooth surface to slide down, - the dragstrip plus over-run.
Another bit of luck for him was in having rapid response rescue crews and facilities just seconds away.

I feel for the two fatalities but the survivor really was a lucky chap. A high speed, high rate turn, clipping the ground would normally just be considered unsurvivable.

I can't believe the aircraft didn't just cartwheel.