Beech 1900C incident near Denver, Colorado, December 25, 1995
On December 25, 1995 at about 9:19 pm local time, a Beech 1900C, registered N39019, was involved in an incident near Denver, Colorado (Denver International airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 21 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
failure by the outside contractor to perform adequate maintenance, and failure by the operator to perform an adequate inspection.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 25, 1995 · about 9:19 pm local time
- Place
- Denver, Colorado · Denver International · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 21 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Beech 1900C · all 1900Cs on the register
- Registration
- N39019 · no longer on the register · serial UC-39
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
During landing flare, the elevator jammed. The pilot continued the landing using elevator trim to adjust nose attitude. Investigation revealed that an elevator counterweight bolt had backed out and jammed the elevators. The aircraft was on its first trip after being painted by an outside contractor and undergoing a return-to-service inspection by the operator.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 6,500 hours in all; 2,500 in this make and model; 225 in the last 90 days; 7 in the last 30 days; 6,000 as pilot in command; 1,200 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 15,906 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, December 15, 1995; 7 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 16,710 lb
- Seats: 21
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: P&W PT6-A65B (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MCK Mccook NE at 10:10 pm
- Destination: DIA
- Runway 16, 12,000 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 320° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 48°F (9°C), dew point 14°F (-10°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 9:53 pm from DIA, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 19 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N39019 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.