Juhu - Juhu

On June 28, 2018 at 01:15 PM, Juhu - Juhu experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 90 King Air, operated by U.Y. Aviation Private Ltd, with the event recorded near Mumbai Maharashtra.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 125.0%.

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

Following a technical maintenance, a test flight was scheduled with two engineers and two pilots. The twin engine airplane departed Mumbai-Juhu Airport and the crew completed several manoeuvres over the city before returning. On approach in heavy rain falls, the aircraft went out of control and crashed at the bottom of a building under construction located in the Ghatkopar West district, some 3 km east from Mumbai Intl Airport, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all four occupants were killed as well as one people on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-UPZ, MSN LJ-1400, year of manufacture 1995.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.9328°, 72.8371°.