Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Quincy Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Quincy, Illinois 62301
Tuesady, November 19, 1996 17:01 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The Beech 1900C, N87GL, was in its landing roll on runway 13, and the Beech A90, N1127D, was in its takeoff roll on runway 4. The collision occurred at the intersection of the two runways. The flight crew of the Beech 1900C had made appropriate efforts to coordinate the approach & landing through radio communications & visual monitoring; however they mistook a Cherokee pilot's transmission (that he was holding for departure on runway 4) as a response from the Beech A90 to their request for the Beech A90's intentions, and therefore mistakenly believed that the Beech A90 was not planning to take off until after the Beech 1900C had cleared the runway. The failure of the Beech A90 pilot to announce over the common traffic advisory frequency his intention to take off created a potential for collision between the two airplanes.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
the failure of the pilots in the King Air A90 to effectively monitor the common traffic advisory frequency or to properly scan for traffic, resulting in their commencing a takeoff roll when the Beech 1900C (United Express flight 5925) was landing on an intersecting runway. Contributing to the cause of the accident was the Cherokee pilot's interrupted radio transmission, which led to the Beech 1900C pilot's misunderstanding of the transmission as an indication from the King Air that it would not take off until after flight 5925 had cleared the runway. Contributing to the severity of the accident and the loss of life were the lack of adequate aircraft rescue and firefighting services and the failure of the air stair door on the Beech 1900C to be opened. (NTSB Report AAR-97/04)
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/19/1996 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1701 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | QUINCY |
| Event State | ILLINOIS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 62301 |
| Event Date Year | 1996 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | QUINCY MUNICIPAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | UIN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 1 |
| Airport Elevation | 769 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1709 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | -- |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | UIN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 700 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 14000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 12 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 70 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 9 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 14 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 14 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1930 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Nov 19 1996 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1900 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 7 2002 2:24PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\HAMG |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N87GL | N1127D |
| NTSB Number | DCA97MA009A | DCA97MA009B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Beech | Beech |
| Aircraft Model | 1900C | A90 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 1900C | A90 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | UC-87 | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- | -- |
| Number of Engines | 2 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 27 1996 12:00AM | Jul 15 1996 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 32 |
| Airframe Hours | 18446 | 11392 |
| ELT Installed | Unknown | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT CREDIT ASSN. | CENTURION INVESTMENT, INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | UNKNOWN | |
| Aircraft Owner City | ST. LOUIS | |
| Aircraft Owner State | MO | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | ||
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD. | CENTURION INVESTMENT, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No | No |
| Operator Street Address | 190 NORTHWEST FINANCIAL CENTER | |
| Operator City | BLOOINGTON | |
| Operator State | MN | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 55431 | |
| Operator Code | GLBA | NONE |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | BRL | |
| Departure City | BURLINGTON | |
| Departure State | IA | |
| Departure Country | USA | |
| Departure Time | 1645 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | -- | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | UIN | |
| Destination City | QUINCY | |
| Destination State | IL | |
| Destination Country | USA | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing | Takeoff |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | No | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 7 2002 2:24PM | May 8 2002 3:55PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\HAMG | NTSB\HAMG |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 13 | 4 |
| Runway Length | 5398 | 7097 |
| Runway Width | 150 | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |