# Incident 20020915025429I: Beech 1900D, Rock Springs, WY, September 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2002, 13:10 local time
- Place: Rock Springs, WY
- Airport: Rock Springs Sweetwater Count
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: GLBA
- Location: 41.5900° N, 109.0592° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5900&lon=-109.0592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N240GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N240GL) (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
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A67D
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 3,900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020915025429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 9/15/02, AT 1:10 PM LAKES AIR 5111, A BE-1900-D AIRLINER OPERATED BY GREAT LAKES AVIATION LTD., WAS IN THE LANDING ROLL AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AT THE ROCK SPRINGS AIRPORT (RKS). AT THE SAME TIME, COMANCHE N8822P A PA-24 WAS IN THE LANDING FLARE ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 21 AT RKS. AS THE TWO AIRCRAFT APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF RUNWAY 27 AND RUNWAY 21, THE PILOT OF THE COMANCHE APPLIED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO AVOID LAKES AIR 5111, PASSED 20 FEET OVER THE TOP OF THE AIRLINER, STALLED AND CRASHED SOUTH OF RUNWAY 27 AND EAST OF RUNWAY 21. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE COMANCHE N8822P MADE RADIO CALLS ON THE COMMON TRAFFIC ADVISORY FREQUENCY, INCLUDING REPORTING DOWNWIND, BASE AND FINAL FOR RUNWAY 21. INVESTIGATION ALSO DISCLOSED NEITHER THE PILOT AND PASSENGER OF THE COMANCHE N8822P, NOR THREE WITNESSES ON THE GROUND HEARD LAKES AIR 5111 TRANSMIT ANY RADIO CALLS ON THE CTAF (122.8). THE CAPTAIN OF LAKES AIR 5111 ALTHOUGH ADMITTING OT NOT RECEIVING AN AIRPORT ADVISORY NOR HEARING ANY TRAFFIC ON THE FREQUENCY CLAIMED HE DID TRANSMIT IN THE BLIND ON CTAF GIVING HIS POSITION AT 20, 15, 10, 5 AND SHORT FINAL. THIS WAS CORROBORATED BY THE FIRST OFFICER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN02FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02FA105), Sep 15, 2002: Beech 1900D (N240GL), Rock Springs, WY, no damage. Probable cause: the flight crew of the Beech and the pilot of the Piper's failure to attain proper clearance from the other during their respective landings. Factors contributing to the accident were the crew's and…

## Other reports on N240GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20050626012819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050626012819I), Jun 26, 2005: Beech 1900D (N240GL), Grand Junction, CO, Minor damage. (-23) With the right engine (#2) running the captain signalled the ground marshaller to remove the chocks. He did not set the parking brake. After the first…

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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