2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash information
Aviation accident in Australia
2000 Australia Beechcraft King crash
VH-SKC seen at Perth Airport one year before the crash.
Accident
Date
4 September 2000
Summary
Crew incapacitation due to uncontrolled decompression; cause unknown
Site
40 mi (65 km) south-east of Burketown, Queensland, Australia 18°07′30″S140°03′00″E / 18.125°S 140.05°E / -18.125; 140.05 (65 km south-east of Burketown)
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
Call sign
SIERRA KILO CHARLIE
Registration
VH-SKC
Flight origin
Perth Airport, Perth, Western Australia
Destination
Leonora Airport, Leonora, Western Australia
Passengers
7
Crew
1
Fatalities
8
Survivors
0
On 4 September 2000, a chartered Beechcraft 200 Super King Air departed Perth for a flight to the mining town of Leonora, Western Australia. The aircraft crashed near Burketown, Queensland, Australia, resulting in the deaths of all eight occupants.[1] During the flight, the aircraft climbed above its assigned altitude. When air traffic control (ATC) contacted the pilot, the pilot's speech had become significantly impaired, and he was unable to respond to instructions. Three aircraft intercepted the Beechcraft, but were unable to make radio contact. The aircraft continued flying on a straight north-easterly heading for five hours, before exhausting its fuel and crashing 40 mi (65 km) south-east of Burketown.[2] The crash became known in the media as the "ghost flight".[3][4]
A subsequent investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that the pilot and passengers had become incapacitated and had been suffering from hypoxia, a lack of oxygen to the body, meaning the pilot would have been unable to operate the aircraft. Towards the end of the flight, the left engine stopped due to fuel exhaustion, and the aircraft crashed into the ground. The investigation report said that, due to extensive damage to the aircraft, investigators were unable to conclude if any of the eight aboard had used the oxygen system. The final report stated that the ATSB could not determine what incapacitated the occupants. A number of safety recommendations were made following the crash.[5]
^Pennells, Steve (24 March 2002). "The lonely end to a fateful trip". The Age. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014.
^"Plane Crashes in Australia, All Eight Aboard Dead", Peoples Daily, 5 September 2000. Retrieved 1 February 2012 Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^Family of Ghost Flight plane crash victims angry with aviation regulator, CASA Archived 29 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine, ABC, 21 May 2003. Retrieved 1 February 2012
^No sound from pilot as ghost flight kept going Archived 3 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The West Australian, 15 June 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2012
^Cite error: The named reference ATSB29 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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