Registered N551GP to Golden Pacific Airlines in 1969, rereg N100GP and sold to TAT as F-BTME in March 1972. To Skydive Portugal in 1999, w/o on 14th August 2009 on approach to Évora. Left engine flamed out during climb to drop 12 parachutists, 11 of which then jumped. Overshot runway and hit roof in residential area. The accident investigation revealed that the pilot was only qualified to fly single-engine aircraft and that company had no AOC

Designed in the 1960s the Beech 99 was developed from the Queen Air and King Air series and were intended as a feederliner to replace the Beech 18. The type was never common in Europe and, like the Beech 18 it was intended to replace, many are now used as freighters.

The Beech 99 was developed from the Queen Air and King Air series in the late 1960s and it was intended as a feederliner to replace the Beech 18. The type was never common in Europe and this was the first of the type I ever saw, at the same airfield in 1973.