United Express Flight 5925

United Express Flight 5925
Wreckage of the Beechcraft 1900C
Accident
DateNovember 19, 1996 (1996-11-19)
SummaryRunway collision
SiteQuincy Municipal Airport, near Adams, Illinois, United States
39°56′27.4″N 91°11′39.3″W / 39.940944°N 91.194250°W / 39.940944; -91.194250
Total fatalities14
Total survivors0
First aircraft

N87GL, the United Express Beechcraft 1900C involved
TypeBeechcraft 1900C
OperatorGreat Lakes Airlines for United Express
Call signLAKES AIR 251
RegistrationN87GL
Flight originO'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States
StopoverBurlington Airport, Burlington, Iowa, United States
DestinationQuincy Municipal Airport, Illinois, United States
Occupants12
Passengers10
Crew2
Fatalities12
Survivors0
Second aircraft

A Beechcraft King Air A90 similar to the one involved.
TypeBeechcraft 65-A90 King Air
OperatorPrivate
Call signKING AIR 1127 DELTA
RegistrationN1127D
Occupants2
Passengers0
Crew2
Fatalities2
Survivors0

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. All fourteen occupants (twelve on board the 1900 and two on board the King Air) were killed as a result.