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The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The Model 200 and Model 300 series were originally marketed as the "Super King Air" family; the "Super" designation was dropped in 1996.[2] They form the King Air line together with the King Air Model 90 and 100 series.

Role -  Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer. - Beechcraft
First flight. -  October 27, 1972
Introduction -  1972 (Military) February 1974
                         ( civil )
Status. -  Active service
Primary users. -  United States Air Force
                             United States Army
                             Royal Flying Doctor Service
                             of Australia
                             Royal Australian Air Force
Produced.      -   1972–present
Number built. -  3,781 at end of 2015[1]
Developed from -  Beechcraft King Air
Variants    -   Beechcraft C-12 Huron
                      Beechcraft 1900


Few accidents and incidents

February 21, 1980: A Model 200 operating as Advance Airlines Flight 4210 crashed adjacent to the runway at Sydney Airport, killing 13 people in the worst civil aviation accident in Australia since 1968.
May 24, 1981: A Super King Air 200 of the Ecuadorian Air Force flew into a mountain with the loss of all 9 on board including Jaime Roldós Aguilera, the President of Ecuador.

February 17, 1993: a Turkish Air Force Super King Air B200 transporting Eşref Bitlis (the General Commander of the Turkish Gendarmerie) crashed minutes after taking off from the Güvercinlik Army Air Base in Ankara killing all five onboard and one on the ground.

September 4, 2000: After departing Perth, Western Australia, the pilot of a Model 200 Super King Air failed to respond to ATC after the aircraft climbed above its assigned altitude. It continued to fly across Australia for five hours before crashing near Burketown in northwestern Queensland, killing all eight on board. Dubbed the "Ghost Flight" by the media, an investigation concluded that the occupants likely became incapacitated due to hypoxia.

January 27, 2001: A Super King Air 200 carrying members of the Oklahoma State University Basketball Team crashed in Colorado.

February 26, 2004: President of the Republic of Macedonia Boris Trajkovski was killed with eight others in the crash near Mostar. The plane was a Beechcraft Model 200 Super King Air (registered Z3-BAB) operated as a transport aircraft of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

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