# Incident 19990415026489I: Beech 1900D, Springfield, IL, April 15, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1999, 14:26 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: S2YA
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91SK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91SK-2008-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990415026489I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) APPROX. 30 MILES SOUTH OF NORTHBROOK, IL WHILE ENROUTE FROM MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, TO ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, THE FIRST OFFICER OF SKYWAYS FLIGHT 1000 INFORMED HIS CAPTAIN THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING WELL. THE FIRST OFFICER, WHO WAS THE FLYING PILOT, RELINQUISHED HIS DUTIES TO THE CAPTAIN AND DONNED HIS OXYGEN MASK.  APPROX. 30 MINUTES FURTHER INTO THE FLIGHT F/O INFORMED THE CAPTAIN HIS CONDITION APPEARED TO BE WORSENING.  THE CAPTAIN THEN CONTACT AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED THE FLIGHT TO SPRINGFIELD, IL.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT SPRINGFIELD AND THE F/O WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD.  THE AIRMAN WAS TREATED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL FROM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASED.  THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE AIRMAN'S AILMENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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