Photo courtesy of Brian Youngers
A Beechcraft B200 King Air crashed through the roof of one of the FlightSafety International buildings on Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport this morning. Reports indicate that the airplane lost an engine on takeoff and the pilot said he was going to return and land. The lone occupant of the aircraft was pilot Mark Goldstein, a contract pilot taking the aircraft to Arkansas for refurbishing work. Three people in the building were killed and five were injured. Three of those were taken to a hospital but treated and released. The toll may rise, however, as four people in the building are still missing as of our deadline. Records indicatethat the airplane had been purchased by Gilleland Aviation of Georgetown, Texas two days prior to the accident.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/news/king-air-crashes-into-wichita-flightsafety-building