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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech E-55 · Wheeling, WV · April 30, 1993

Date: April 30, 1993 · 12:30 local
Place: Wheeling, WV
Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
Phase of flight: Starting Engines
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N9145Q
Reported as: Beech E55
Reported engine: Continental IO520CB
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total400 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N9145QRegistered now · Beech E-55S/N TE-834 · Built 1971 Airframe modelBeech E-55 Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Unable to start NR1 engine. Left magnetos on. Exited aircraft. Turned prop. Engine started. Aircraft pivoted around

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO START NR1 ENGINE. LEFT MAGNETOS ON. EXITED AIRCRAFT. TURNED PROP. ENGINE STARTED. AIRCRAFT PIVOTED AROUND