2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash

On 10 December 2011, a twin-engine Beechcraft Queen Air light aircraft crashed into a slum and burst into flames in Parañaque, Metropolitan Manila, Philippines, killing all three people on board and eleven on the ground.

[1][2][3] The subsequent investigation found that an engine failure at take-off was not properly handled by the crew, which lost control of the aircraft at low altitude, without the possibility to recover before striking the ground.

It then banked left and suddenly rolled inverted, crashing into shanty houses next to the Felixberto Serrano Elementary School in Barangay Don Bosco, Parañaque.

An intense post-crash fire developed, burning several houses and destroying most of the elementary school, which was unoccupied at the time.

[4] The crew's "lack of event proficiency" and their failure to maintain control of the aircraft was cited as the immediate cause of the accident.