United Express Flight 5925
Wreckage of Flight 5925 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 19, 1996 |
| Summary | Runway collision |
| Site | |
| Total fatalities | 14 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| N87GL, the Beechcraft 1900C involved in the collision, seen in August 1996 | |
| Type | Beechcraft 1900C |
| Operator | Great Lakes Airlines on behalf of United Express |
| Call sign | LAKES AIR 251 |
| Registration | N87GL |
| Flight origin | O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Stopover | Burlington Airport, Burlington, Iowa, United States |
| Destination | Quincy Municipal Airport, Illinois, United States |
| Occupants | 12 |
| Passengers | 10 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 12 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| A Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air, similar to the one involved in the collision | |
| 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 |
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.