Aircraft Crash at Southend: PH-ZAZ

[Hopla]

It’s said it is PH-ZAZ departing to Lelystad:
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2025-07 ... txy74LtuJg

[frank kramer]

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/526794

Not looking too good…

[cHabu]

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... z#3b3c5ad3

[Glidepath]

In the afternoon of the 13th, a Beechcraft (Be-200) twin engine a/c of Dutch operator Zeusch Aviation crashed soon after t/o at Southend a.p., resulting in a huge fireball. Its destination was its homebase EHLE. It seemingly veered of the expected course during take-off and impacted well within the a/p perimeter fence on the grass, say at 4/5 of the RWY lenght on the northside of RWY23.
Early reports remained foggy about the number of POB as well as their fate.

Accoring to reports, some of the 100s of people at the adjacent golfcourse ran towards the scene, even one drove a golfcart, in a spontanious determined, yet unprepared fashion trying to assist to whaterver had apppened, to no avail due the in intense fire and explosion(s). Better prepared a/p firefighters and their crashtenders arrived on scene as well.

[FredL]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jw71kjx14o

[Stratofreighter]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jw71kjx14o

In that BBC-feature this is mentioned below

He said the "profile of this crash", with witnesses describing the plane veering to the left suggested "loss of power in the left engine".

The records of this type of aircraft showed "similar crashes over the last 10 years or so".

"One in particular, in Australia, there was a warning after that crash that the throttle levers - that control the power to the two engines - could slip back, reducing the power," he said.

The throttle friction locks / mechanism will certainly be looked at as a possible cause.
A wellknown problem with Beechcraft King Airs.
https://kingairmagazine.com/article/ask ... r-gotchas/
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https://www.google.com/search?q=throttl ... s-wiz-serp

Time will tell what the investigators will ultimately find to be the main cause of this tragic accident.

[Key]

Witness reports match a stall-spin immediately after take-off. Prime focus of the investigation will likely be the flight controls and the left engine and prop.

Edit: seeing an image of the burnt wreckage, investigators face a huge challenge.

[Stratofreighter]

Thru the BBC:

Aerial video shows plane crash site and wreckage

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cvg4zne2zrpo

Footage taken from a helicopter showed a large area of charred ground and the remains of the aircraft.

[Stratofreighter]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/0 ... ane-crash/

Four people have died in a plane crash at London’s Southend airport.

[JetStar2]

Southend Airport closed till at least tomorrow evening:
A) EGMC B) 2507151400 C) 2507151800
E) SOUTHEND CTA, CTR, ATZ DEACTIVATED. AD CLSD DUE RWY MAINT