1996 Quincy Airport disaster
United Express Flight 5925, operated by Great Lakes Airlines with a Beechcraft 1900 twin turboprop, was a regularly scheduled flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Quincy, Illinois, with an intermediate stop in Burlington, Iowa. On November 19, 1996, the aircraft collided on landing at Quincy with another Beechcraft, a private King Air, that was taking off from an intersecting runway. The crash was known as the Quincy runway disaster. Fourteen people (twelve on board the 1900 and two on board the King Air) were killed as a result.
Overhead view of the Quincy airport. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 19, 1996 |
| Summary | Runway incursion |
| Site | Quincy Municipal Airport, Gilmer Township, Adams County, Illinois, near Quincy, Illinois, United States 39°56′27.4″N 91°11′39.3″W |
| Total fatalities | 14 (Initially 2) |
| Total survivors | 0 (Initially 12) |
| First aircraft | |
| A United Express Beechcraft 1900C similar to the one involved. | |
| Type | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Operator | Great Lakes Airlines for United Express |
| Call sign | LAKES AIR 251 |
| Registration | N87GL |
| Flight origin | Chicago O'Hare International Airport |
| Stopover | Burlington Airport |
| Destination | Quincy Municipal Airport |
| Occupants | 12 |
| Passengers | 10 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 12 (Initially 0) |
| Survivors | 0 (Initially 12) |
| Second aircraft | |
| A Beechcraft King Air A90 similar to the one involved. | |
| Type | Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air |
| Operator | Private |
| Call sign | KING AIR 1127 DELTA |
| Registration | N1127D |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 2 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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