Kuala Lumpur – Butterworth

On December 21, 2016 at 05:18 PM, Kuala Lumpur – Butterworth experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, operated by Royal Malaysian Air Force - Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, with the event recorded near Butterworth AFB (Penang) Penang.

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.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a training flight from Kuala Lumpur-Subang Airport when on final approach to Butterworth Airbase, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed, coming to rest against the perimeter fence. The aircraft was partially destroyed by impact forces and one crew member was killed while three other occupants were injured. Weather conditions were considered as good at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration M41-03, MSN BT-37, year of manufacture 1993.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 5.4645°, 100.3889°.