# Incident 19841231073519I: Beech C45H, Chicago, IL, December 31, 1984

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1984, 11:34 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Midway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4999E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4999E-1989-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total, 150 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841231073519I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL ARCING BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL. RETURNED TO AIRPORT. WIRE TO HEATER CIRCUIT BREAKER BROKEN AND ARCING.

## Other reports on N4999E (3)

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

- [Incident 19850208071109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850208071109I), Feb 8, 1985: Beech C45H (N4999E), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. During takeoff on a go around aircraft veered and ran into a snowbank. Went up on nose. No mechanical defects found
- [Incident 19790227007949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790227007949I), Feb 27, 1979: Beech C45H (N4999E), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Fuel servicing vehicle struck aircrafts wingtip on taxiway.
- [Incident 19780324010169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780324010169I), Mar 24, 1978: Beech B18S (N4999E), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Pilot trying to taxi on an ice-covered runway with a 52 knot wind. Blown off taxiway. Struck taxiway light.

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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