Atlantic City - Winchester - Newport News

On October 26, 1993 at 03:52 PM, Atlantic City - Winchester - Newport News experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 300 Super King Air, operated by Federal Aviation Administration - FAA, with the event recorded near Mt Knob Virginia.

The flight was categorized as calibration and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Winchester Regional Airport under VFR mode and was completing a routine point-to-point flight to Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (PHF), Virginia after conducting a flight inspection of the ILS at Winchester Regional Airport. After takeoff, while flying at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the crew requested permission to climb but this was denied by ATC due to traffic. Awaiting an IFR clearance, the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Knob located about 30 miles southwest from Winchester Airport. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N82, MSN FF-17, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.2235°, -80.0895°.