A Beech King Air E90 wound up on the roof of a hangar at New Century AirCenter (KIXD) in Johnson County, Kansas, yesterday (June 16). Both occupants, including the 73-year-old pilot, were able to exit the aircraft safely and suffered only minor injuries, according to news reports. The Kansas Highway Patrol provided information suggesting the left engine of the twin turboprop failed while on approach to Runway 18 at KIXD. No one inside the hangar was injured.
According to FlightAware, ADS-B data associated with the King Air first appeared near Butler Memorial Airport (KBUM) about 14 minutes before the accident, which occurred at roughly 1:15 p.m. local time. The aircraft had completed four local flights from Butler of between 40 to 58 minutes each on Saturday and seven more similar flights the previous weekend.
Bryan Johnson, executive director of the Johnson County Airport Commission, said the hangar was one of the newest on the airport at less than three years old. “The good news is the two people that occupied the aircraft sustained minor injuries and were able to exit the aircraft of their own power and down the fire ladder to some paramedics,” he said.
No golfer has ever shot a more improbable and fortuitous hole-in-one. This is one for the record books. Glad the occupants made it down the roof with no major injuries.
The ultimate short field landing !! Almost looks like the airplane could fly again ??
Another case where the remaining engine took the crew to the scene of the accident. They were very fortunate.
It appears as though the aircraft was flown all the way through the crash… a win for Bob Hoover.
Seriously, I’m glad there were no major injuries!
That’s a big wide flat Kansas airport and he hits a building?
So happy for the great outcome. But I would have thought a Kingair 90’s remaining engine would have taken them to the runway which must have been pretty close. When flying over all the warehouse buildings with the large roofs in my Aeronca Chief, there was always temptation.
So thats how carrier pilots maintain currency when the ship is out of range.
I always like it when the press refers to a King Air or a Citation as a “small airplane”.
You’ll really this then. Local press also referred to it as a “bi-engine” airplane.
King Airs like rooftops.
Mar 13, 2002, King Air E90 on 35R approach at RNO stalled, fell out of the sky in a 80 degree left bank, nose high. Hit a warehouse/office building. The fuselage cleared the roofline and punched a hole in the building roof. occupants opened the cabin door which came down on the building stairway. They walked down the stairs and called 911. 2 minor injuries, remainder uninjured. The left wing deice boot left a black mark on the will of the building and was separated from the fuselage. Weather went below minimums about the time the airplane passed the final approach fix. The pilot was not informed of the new weather. Deice boots were inoperative.I was driving past the north end of the runway on my way to work. Accident report: the airplane stalled, rolled left and descendet.
Why is all the roof damage in front of the airplane?
It likely turned during landing and then decided not to fall off the roof. I am sure we’ll find some flat-earthers who will discredit this idea and say the accident was staged…
