2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash
Smoke rising from the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 February 2017 |
| Summary | Loss of control during initial climb |
| Site | |
| Total fatalities | 5 |
| Total injuries | 2 |
| Aircraft | |
| VH-ZCR, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2014 | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft B200 King Air |
| Operator | Corporate and Leisure Charters |
| Registration | VH-ZCR |
| Flight origin | Essendon Airport, Essendon Fields |
| Destination | King Island Airport, King Island, Tasmania |
| Occupants | 5 |
| Passengers | 4 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground injuries | 2 |
On 21 February 2017, at 8:59 am local time, a Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft operating a charter flight, carrying a pilot and four passengers bound for King Island, crashed seconds after taking off from Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia.
Four American passengers and the Australian pilot died in the crash.