Beechcraft 1900C-1 by MAPA

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.[1]

Accident

Date: November 19, 1996

Cause: 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

Type: Beechcraft 1900C

Operator: Great Lakes Airlines for United Express

Call sign: LAKES AIR 251[1]

Registration: N87GL[2]

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

Type: Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air

Operator: Private

Call sign: KING AIR 1127 DELTA[1]

Registration: N1127D[3]

Occupants: 2

Passengers: 0

Crew: 2

Fatalities: 2

Survivors: 0