Houston - Marfa

On January 29, 1993 at 07:40 PM, Houston - Marfa experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by 363 Kingair, with the event recorded near Marfa Texas.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a dark night cross country in instrument meteorological conditions, the airplane was cleared for a VOR approach to runway 30. Due to unfavorable winds, the pilot elected to circle to land on runway 12. While on a right downwind, visual contact with the runway was lost and not reestablished. The pilot continued the descent on the base leg and impacted the terrain in a slight right turn.

Aircraft reference details include registration N363N, MSN LJ-263, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.3118°, -104.0231°.