# Incident 20001214036559I: Beech 1900C, Omaha, NE, December 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Omaha, NE
- Airport: Eppley Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JDWA
- Location: 41.3032° N, 95.8941° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3032&lon=-95.8941&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N719GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900C (registry code 1154161, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214036559I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 2000, APPROX. 0930 CST, BEECH 1900 C, N719GL, STRUCK A LIGHT POLE DURING A TAXI OPERATIONS AT OMAHA EPPLEY AIRFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT, OWNED AND OPERATED BY SUBURBAN AIR FREIGHT, INC. ENCOUNTERED GLARE ICE ON A SLOPED RAMP FOLLOWING CARGO UNLOADING AT THE US POST OFFICE RAMP. GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, COUPLED WITH INEFFECTIVE BRAKING CONTRIBUTED TO AN UNRECOVERABLE SKID RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE RH WING LEADING EDGE AT WS 249.75 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH A POLE. THE APPLICATION OF LH ENGINE REVERSE THRUST AND FEATHERING THE RH PROPELLER PREVENTED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND FUSELAGE ASSEMBLIES. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED BY THE PIC.

## Other reports on N719GL (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070730013879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070730013879I), Jul 30, 2007: Beech 1900C (N719GL), Omaha, NE, No damage. (-23) On July 30, 2007 at 1424 CST, a Beechcraft 1900, N719GL operated by suburban air freight, inc. performed an emergency landing at Eppley Airfield in…
- [Incident 19920122002689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920122002689I), Jan 22, 1992: Beech 1900C (N719GL), Waterloo, IA. Forward cabin door warning annunciator light illuminated. Precautionary landing. Found door to be secure.
- [Incident 19900213024699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900213024699I), Feb 13, 1990: Beech 1900C (N719GL), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Found left inboard wheel assembly missing on preflight. Bearing had disentegrated allowing wheel to slide off.

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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