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BEECH 90 King Air
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| Name | 90 King Air | ||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer | BEECH | ||||||||||||||||
| Body | Narrow | ||||||||||||||||
| Wing | Fixed Wing | ||||||||||||||||
| WTC | Light | ||||||||||||||||
| APC | B | ||||||||||||||||
| Type code | L2T | ||||||||||||||||
| Engine | Turboprop | ||||||||||||||||
| Engine count | Multi | ||||||||||||||||
| Mass group | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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BEECH 90 King Air
Description
Corporate and utility aircraft. In service since 1964. Turboprop development of BEECH Queen Air. Exists in some civil and military versions, E90 with more powerful engines and F90 with the T-tail of the Beech 200 Super King Air. Stretched development: Beech 100 King Air. This type has been taken over and is partly built by RAYTHEON, USA. US-mil. types: U-21, C-6.
Technical Data
| Wing span | 15.3 m50.197 ft <br /> |
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| Length | 10.8 m35.433 ft <br /> |
| Height | 4.3 m14.108 ft <br /> |
| Powerplant | 2 x 500 SHP P&W PT6A -6 or 2 x 530 SHP P&W PT6A -20 or 2 x 550 SHP P&W PT6A -21 or 2 x 560 SHP P&W PT6A -34 turboprops with 3 blade propellers. |
| Engine model | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 |
Performance Data
| Take-Off | Initial Climb (to 5000 ft) |
Initial Climb (to FL150) |
Initial Climb (to FL240) |
MACH Climb | Cruise | Initial Descent (to FL240) |
Descent (to FL100) |
Descent (FL100 & below) |
Approach | ||||||||||
| V2 (IAS) | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | MACH | TAS | 260 kts | MACH | IAS | kts | IAS | kts | Vapp (IAS) | kts | ||
| Distance | m | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | ROC | ft/min | MACH | ROD | ft/min | ROD | ft/min | MCS | kts | Distance | m | |
| MTOW | 45804,580 kg <br />4.58 tonnes <br /> kg | Ceiling | FL300 | ROD | ft/min | APC | B | ||||||||||||
| WTC | L | Range | 15301,530 nm <br />2,833,560 m <br />2,833.56 km <br />9,296,456.7 ft <br /> NM | ||||||||||||||||
Accidents & Serious Incidents involving BE9L
- B190 / BE9L, Quincy IL USA, 1996 (On 19 November 1996, a Beech 1900C which had just landed and a Beech King Air A90 which was taking off collided at the intersection of two runways at the non-Towered Quincy Municipal Airport. Both aircraft were destroyed by impact forces and fire and all occupants of both aircraft were killed. The Investigation found that the King Air pilots had failed to monitor the CTAF or properly scan visually for traffic. The loss of life of the Beech 1900 occupants, who had probably survived the impact, was attributed largely to inability to open the main door of the aircraft.)
- BE9L, Zurich Switzerland, 2007 (On 27 September 2007, a Beech 90 King Air being operated single pilot by a small UK air taxi operator on a day cargo flight from Southend UK to Zurich left the runway after unintentionally touching down at destination without the landing gear extended following an approach in day VMC. The pilot, the only occupant, was uninjured but the aircraft was declared a hull loss because of substantial damage.)