Beechcraft 1900

Beechcraft 1900
Type:	twin-engine feeder aircraft
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Beech Aircraft Corporation
First flight:	3rd September 1982
Production time:	1984-2002
Number of pieces:	695

Beechcraft 1900C from Danish Air Transport

The Beechcraft 1900 is a twin-engine feeder aircraft from Beech Aircraft Corporation with turboprop propulsion and a pressurized cabin . It offers space for up to 19 passengers. 695 copies were built between 1984 and 2002. The Beechcraft 1900 was used by Air Namibia, Danish Air Transport and Atlantique Air Assistance, among others.

Versions

Four versions were built:

• 1900: basic version for 19 passengers
• 1900C: Rear entrance door replaced with larger cargo door
• 1900C-1: Fuel tanks replaced by integral tanks
• 1900D: Raised cabin roof, thus more headroom for the passengers, also with small winglets
• 1900D Executive: Conversion to a business jet.
• 1900C Cargo: Conversion as a cargo plane

The ICAO code of Beechcraft 1900 is B190.

Incidents

This list is incomplete and has only just begun (August 2017).

From 1987 to December 2018 there were 42 total losses with the Beechcraft 1900 with 258 deaths. Examples:

• On August 21, 1990, a Beechcraft 1900C of the Taiwanese Air Force ( aircraft registration number 1905 ) crashed in a field in Dongshi Town, Taiwan. 18 high military personnel were killed.

• On January 3, 1992, a US Airways Express Beechcraft 1900C-1 (N55000) was flown into a mountain eight kilometers northeast of the Saranac Lake-Adirondack airfield ( New York ), although the approach was made using an instrument landing system (ILS). Two of the four occupants were killed (see also Commutair flight 4821 ) .

• On November 19, 1996, a Beechcraft 1900C of the Great Lakes Airlines (N87GL) flying on behalf of the US United Express landed at Quincy Municipal Airport in Quincy (Illinois) as a private Beechcraft 65-A90 King Air from a crossing runway of the airport took off. The machines collided at the intersection. All 14 occupants of both aircraft died, those of the King Air on impact and that of the Beechcraft 1900, because a door could not be opened after the outbreak of the fire and the passengers were not aware of the existence of a second emergency door (see also United Express Flight 5925 ) .

• On 30 July 1998, a Beechcraft 1900 joined the French Proteus Airlines (F-GSJM) on a regional flight from Lyon Saint Exupery to Airport Lorient South Brittany on the Bay of Quiberon with a private Reims Cessna F177RG Cardinal (F-Gaje) together . Both planes broke in midair and crashed into the sea. A total of 15 people died, 14 on board the Beechcraft and one on board the Cessna. At the request of a passenger, the pilots of the Beechcraft had deviated from the course over the Bay of Quiberon, as the famous ship France was just lying there (see also Proteus Airlines flight 706 ) .

• On 8 January 2003, the pilots lost control of their Beechcraft 1900 of US Airways Express (N233YV) , which after taking off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport , North Carolina had reared up steeply to 52 ° and after stalling in a maintenance hangar collapsed . The machine caught fire and all 21 people on board died. The main cause was incorrectly adjusted elevator controls two days earlier. The American Air Traffic Control Authority (FAA) also assumes that overweight passengers caused the accident and increased the weight formula for passengers by ten pounds per person in December 2003 (see US Airways Express flight 5481 ) .

• On August 26, 2003, a US Airways Express (N240CJ) Beechcraft 1900D , operated by Colgan Air , crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Barnstable Municipal Airport ( Massachusetts ) near Hyannis . Both pilots were killed on board the machine in the accident. The crash was caused by gross maintenance errors (see also Colgan Air flight 9446 ) .

• On March 16, 2004, a Beechcraft 1900C (N27RA) officially belonging to the United States Air Force , but actually operated by the conspiratorial airline Janet, which flies for the US Department of Defense, crashed while making a turn for a final approach to the Tonopah Test Range . Five people were killed. It turned out that the pilot, who was suffering from high blood pressure , had suffered sudden cardiac death . Previously, the pilot had hidden medical officers from the Federal Aviation Administration about his state of health and taken medication that made his state of health even worse (see also the crash of a Beechcraft 1900 by Janet ) .

• On September 25, 2011, after a sightseeing flight over the Himalayas, a Beechcraft 1900D of the Nepalese Buddha Air (9N-AEK) was flown against a hill shortly before landing at Kathmandu airport . At the time of the crash, the clouds were low. All 16 passengers and 3 crew members were killed.

Technical specifications

Beechcraft 1900D D-COCA of the Private Wings

• Length: 17.64 m
• Span: 17.61 m
• Height: 4.54 m (1900C), 4.72 m (1900D)
• Drive: 2 × Pratt & Whitney PT6A-65B (or DPT6A-67D) with 865 kW or 906 kW each
• Range ("Ferry Flight"): 2,620 km
• Range with maximum payload: 385 km
• Service ceiling: 7,620 m
• Top speed: 487 km / h (consumption: 330 kg / h)
• Cruising speed: 427 km / h (consumption: 245 kg / h)
• Maximum rate of climb: 710 m / min
• Maximum payload: 3,000 kg
• Maximum takeoff weight: 17,120 lb (7,668 kg) (Model 1900D)

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Beechcraft 1900  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Accident statistics Beech 1900 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 28, 2018.
2. ↑ Crash of a Beechcraft 1900C in Taiwan: 18 killed. Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives, accessed March 17, 2020 . 
3. ^ Accident report Beech 1900C RoCAF 1905 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 17, 2020.
4. ↑ accident report Beech 1900C N55000 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 27 November 2017th
5. ↑ Sabine Etzold: " Learn to eat! " - DIE ZEIT No. 15 from April 1, 2004
6. ↑ accident report Beech 1900D N233YV , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 November 2017th
7. ↑ accident report Beech 1900D N240CJ , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 29 April 2020th
8. ^ Accident report Beech 1900 9N-AEK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on November 12, 2017.
9. ↑ according to type approval PT6A-41 (PDF)
10. ↑ according to type approval PT6A-67 (PDF)