“Does he have a chute?”
To my knowledge, he couldn’t get the door open to get out, anyway. King Air 90’s cannot open the door due to cabin pressure stablization. These aircraft control their cabin pressure via an outflow valve. This valve helps keep the incoming air inside the cabin and then releases it at a rate that is regulated by pressure controllers. Basically, the door is sealed against the aircraft frame.
Besides, if this guy can pilot a King Air, he has had training to do so as they are not a Cessna and are not easy to pilot. Takes training and practice. He knows that trying to get the door open even if he can set the autopilot to hold trim, he’s in it for the duration of the flight, one way or another.
wy69
I’m betting we will learn that FAA had an experienced King Air pilot on the phone with him to help him land in an unpopulated area. If so it was done on a cellphone not on aviation radio or it would have been overheard by someone.