Accident · 1996-11-19

What the record says

Event date

1996-11-19

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

Fatal injury

Aircraft

BEECH 1900C (N87GL)

Operating rule

Part 135

Operator

Great Lakes Aviation Operator named in NTSB report

Operated by (per NTSB report)

GREAT LAKES AVIATION, LTD.

Probable cause

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)

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.