Blantyre - Blantyre

On November 9, 1990 at 12:00 AM, Blantyre - Blantyre experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by Air Malawi, with the event recorded near Blantyre Southern Region.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew (one instructor and one pilot under training) departed Blantyre-Chileka Airport on a local training flight. Few minutes after takeoff, the instructor shut down the right engine to simulate a failure and the crew continued the flight when, shortly later, the left engine lost power and failed. The crew elected to restart the right engine but without success. In a such situation, the pilots decided to return to Blantyre Airport when, on final approach, the aircraft stalled and crashed 1,300 meters short of runway. One pilot was killed while the second occupant was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration 7Q-YMM, MSN LJ-880, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -15.8041°, 35.0395°.