2019 Pakistan Army Beechcraft King Air crash
Beechcraft King Air 350i · Impacted residential structures, cause remains unknown at this time
From PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport) (OPRN) to an unrecorded destination
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 18 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 13
- Occupants
- 5
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Beechcraft King Air 350i
- Aircraft type
- Beechcraft King AIR-350
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- FL-766
- Operator
- Pakistan Army
- Onboard fatalities
- 5
- Route
- From PAF Base Nur Khan (Benazir Bhutto International Airport) (OPRN)To not recorded
Approximate · Estimated position: Rawalpindi, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 30 July 2019, a Beechcraft King Air of the Pakistan Army crashed near Bahria Town, Rawalpindi. All five crew members, as well as 13 civilians, were killed when the plane crashed into a residential area.
Accident
The accident occurred at 02:00 local time (07:00 GMT) when a small Beechcraft King Air military plane operating a training flight for the Pakistan Army crashed into houses in the city of Rawalpindi, killing 18 people, many of whom were on the ground.
However, according to a local rescue member who said that 19 bodies including those of the five crew members and the bodies of 14 civilians who were sent to a local hospital. Among the victims there is also a family of 8 people, including 4 children.
Investigation and cause
Cause
The probable cause remains unknown, but it was reported by the BBC that the plane made a sharp turn shortly before the crash which may have led to the impact with residential structures.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 2019 Pakistan Army Beechcraft King Air crash
- Revision
- 1367170461 · 2026-08-01 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q85732095
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "2019 Pakistan Army Beechcraft King Air crash" (page 61406496, revision 1367170461)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.