BE20

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BE20
Name	200 Super King Air
Manufacturer	BEECH
Body	Narrow
Type	Fixed Wing
WTC	Light
APC	B
Engine	Jet
Engine count	Multi
Also manufacturered as: BEECH RC-12 Huron BEECH NC-12 Huron BEECH Huron BEECH JC-12 Huron BEECH UC-12 Huron BEECH FWC-12 Tzufit BEECH Super King Air (200) BEECH Tzufit BEECH TC-12 Huron BEECH C-12C Huron BEECH C-12D Huron BEECH C-12E Huron BEECH C-12F Huron BEECH C-12L Huron BEECH Commuter BEECH C-12R Huron BEECH C-12A Huron BEECH 1300 Commuter BEECH 200 Super King Air HAWKER BEECHCRAFT King Air 200 HAWKER BEECHCRAFT 200 King Air 200 RAYTHEON Super King Air (200) RAYTHEON C-12 Huron RAYTHEON 200 Super King Air

BEECH 200 Super King Air

Image source: IANS

Description

Corporate, passenger and utility aircraft. In service since 1974. Exists in many versions. 200T/ 200CT with tip tanks, 200ES with EFIS features and 200S/B200S for navaid calibration and maritime patrol. This type has been taken over and is partly built by RAYTHEON, USA. US-Mil. type: C-12.

General

Aircraft name	200 Super King Air
ICAO code/WTC	BE20 / L
Manufacturer	BEECH
Type Code/APC	L2T / B

Technical Data

Wing span	16.6 m54.462 ft
Length	13.4 m43.963 ft
Heigth	4.5 m14.764 ft
Powerplant	2 x 850 SHP P&W PT6A-42 turboprops with 3 blade propellers.
Engine Model	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6

For further details consult EUROCONTROL Aircraft Performance Database:

• BEECH 200 Super King Air

Accidents & Serious Incidents involving BE20

• BE20, vicinity Gallatin Field MT USA, 2007 (CFIT HF) (On February 6, 2007, a Beech 200 King Air, being operated by Metro Aviation on an EMS positioning flight from Great Falls MT to Gallatin Field MT, collided at night in VMC with mountainous terrain approximately 13 nm north-northwest of the intended destination shortly after advising that the airport was in sight and requesting and obtaining permission for a visual approach.)
• BE20, vicinity North Caicos British West Indies, 2007 (LOC HF) (On 6 February 2007, a Beech 200C Super King Air being operated by a small locally-based airline on a passenger flight from North Caicos to Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies crashed into a shallow lagoon 1nm south east of the departure airport soon after a dark night take off in VMC. The single pilot was fatally injured as a result of the accident whilst four out of the five passengers received serious injuries and the other, seated at the back of the aircraft, received only minor injuries.)
• BE20/SF34, Vicinity Stornoway UK, 2011 (LB LOS HF) (On 31 December 2011 a USAF C12 Beech King Air descended 700 feet below the cleared outbound altitude on a procedural non precision approach to Stornoway in uncontrolled airspace in IMC and also failed to fly the procedure correctly. As a result it came into conflict with a Saab 340 inbound on the same procedure. The Investigation found that the C12 crew had interpreted the QNH given by ATC as 990 hPa as 29.90 inches, the subscale setting units used in the USA. The Saab 340 pilot saw the opposite direction traffic on TCAS and descended early to increase separation.)