Beech 1900

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Make: Beechcraft
Aircraft Model: 1900
Aircraft Nickname: Not sure
Aircraft Mil Civ Description: Airplane ME Turboprop
Category: Airplane
Class: Multi Engine Land
Engine Description: Twin Engine

First Flown Information
Sequence First Flown: TBD
Date First Flown: 7/28/2004
Location First Flown: KBEC Beech Field, Wichita KS
Who and/or What Organization First Flown With: Lou Johanson, Beechcraft Test Pilot

Aircraft Experience
As of: 5/16/2020
Number of Hours Flown: 2
Number of Times Flown: 1
Other Aircraft Models Associated: King Air line

Recollections: One could argue that I should lump this one in with other King Airs.  Sitting in the cockpit, it’s hard to tell the difference.  But, I feel justified separating this for two reasons: (1) This is an AMAZING machine and the people who fly it even more amazing…it can be flown (legally) single pilot, in icing, without an autopilot!  Now…that’s some good training!  and (2) my only flight in this airplane was an interesting one…we (the Beech Test Pilot and I) were investigating the aircraft’s characteristics in a mis-trim situation and a stuck-trim situation.  We performed this test in support of an accident investigation and it was one of the many early experiences I had in the FAA that really made me glad I’d chosen flight testing as my life’s work, and the FAA (a job whose variety is, in my opinion, unmatched in the world of flight test) in particular.  This flight was in UE-141.