Beechcraft 1900D N841SK

Summary

On 17 November 1996 at about 23:00 local time, a Beechcraft 1900D registered N841SK, operated by Skyway Airlines, was involved in an incident near Hopkensville, Kentucky, United States. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 November 1996 at 23:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Hopkensville, Kentucky, United States

Coordinates

36.8507, -87.4901

Aircraft

Beechcraft 1900D

Registration

N841SK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Skyway Airlines

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Milwaukee → Indianapolis

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI97IA029

Nobody was injured.

the materials used in the new windshield, to meet new EPA requirements, were inadequate for the design.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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The crew had just selected the windshield heat on, when smoke began to fill the airplane. After the windshield heat was turned off the smoke subsided. The flightcrew declared an emergency, and made an emergency evacuation of the airplane after landing. Postflight examination of the airplane revealed that electrical arcing was occurring on the copilots windshield at the low power heating element's terminal block. Additional testing revealed that the chemicals used to bond the terminal block during the windshield's manufacture had recently been changed due to EPA regulations, and were incompatible with the braided wire in the windshield.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.