The Beech 1900 twin-engine turboprop plane has been a commuter fleet workhorse with a good safety record for 20 years, but regional jets are taking its place. "Passengers don't like propellers," said ...

The Beech 1900 twin-engine turboprop plane has been a commuter fleet workhorse with a good safety record for 20 years, but regional jets are taking its place. "Passengers don't like propellers," said ...

Thick clouds of black smoke and scores of frightened people on the ground were virtually all that was left to see when a commuter plane crashed and burned Wednesday, killing all 21 people aboard. John ...

Pitch-control mechanisms apparently were improperly adjusted just two days before a commuter plane climbed too steeply, nosed over and crashed in North Carolina, federal officials said Tuesday.

Jan. 8 -- Beech 1900D twin-engine turboprop airplanes of the type that crashed in North Carolina today are souped-up versions of a "tried-and-true" commuter and corporate plane design, ABCNEWS ...

A problem with cables connected to the tail of a Beech 1900 turboprop caused the plane to climb too steeply and that may have suddenly shifted the cargo just before the aircraft crashed in Charlotte, ...

Hawker Beechcraft Global Customer Support announced Aug. 12 that its Rockwell Collins Integrated Display System (IDS) flight deck upgrade for the Beechcraft 1900D had completed its first flight. The ...

Textron Aviation has unveiled and launched the twin-engined Cessna 408 SkyCourier with a surprise order by FedEx for up to 100 aircraft worth $550 million at list price, in a move that reinserts the ...

Hawker Pacific expects to complete in August what it believes is the first replacement of sections of the main wing-rib assemblies on a Raytheon Beech 1900D. The nine-year-old aircraft (UE-117), owned ...

Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) received FAA Technical Standard Order (TSO) approval for the design and production of its Beech 1900 “Econo” aircraft seats. The seats are designed for rugged wear and ...

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The Beech 1900C turbo-prop airplane involved in the fatal crash in North Carolina, has its origins in the 1930s, when the US firm Beech Aircraft Corporation was founded by Walter and Olive Ann Beech.