Incident Beechcraft B200 King Air AS1126 , Thursday 3 July 2025
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Date:Thursday 3 July 2025
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE20 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft B200 King Air
Owner/operator:Armed Forces of Malta
Registration: AS1126
MSN: BB-2016
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML) -   Malta
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML)
Destination airport:Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML)
Narrative:
An Armed Forces of Malta Beechcraft B200 King Air lost an engine cowling on departure from Malta-Luqa Airport (MLA/LMML).
The aircraft safely returned to MLA.

Sources:

https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/135774/afm_plane_makes_emergency_landing_shortly_after_takeoff

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/59901_1620719519.jpg (photo)

History of this aircraft

Ex D-IMPA, N6316K

Location

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Jul-2025 18:34 ASN Added
03-Jul-2025 18:35 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
03-Jul-2025 18:54 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, ]

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