# Accident 19990702022249A: Beech 58, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, July 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1999, 11:03 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1304° N, 87.9205° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1304&lon=-87.9205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3240R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO550C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 761 total, 382 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA206) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990702022249A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 2, 1999, AT 1103 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH 58, N3240R, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A WHEELS-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 16 (5,001 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE PALWAUKEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLNOIS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED THREE LAKES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THREE LAKES, WISCONSIN, AT APPROXIMATELY 0945. (-23)SEE CHI99LA206                                                        (.4) THE BEECH 58 LANDED WHEELS-UP ON RUNWAY 16 AT PALWAUKEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WHEELING, ILLINOIS. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PILOT REPORTED, '...PALWAUKEE GAVE ME A STRAIGHT IN APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 16 AND TO NOTIFY THE TOWER 2 MILES OUT. I FLEW TO THE LEFT TO LINE UP WITH 16 AND BEGAN A SLOW DECENT TO TRAFFIC PATTERN ALTITUDE. ABOUT 3-1/2 MILES OUT THE TOWER CLEARED ME TO LAND. I BEGAN MY PRE LANDING CHECKLIST HOWEVER I BECAME DISTRACTED BY WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE EQUIPMENT BUT IN REALITY WAS MY GEA                                              R WARNING HORN. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AIRCRAFT SHOWING UP ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF AWAY AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THEM AND NEVER COMPLETED THE CHECKLIST AND MY NORMAL PRELANDING GUMPS CHECK. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND SLID FOR A SHORT DISTANCE. IT STOPPED HALF OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16 HOWEVER NO LIGHTS WERE HIT.'

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI99LA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA206), Jul 2, 1999: Beech 58 (N3240R), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the landing gear extension not performed by the pilot. A contributing factor was the checklist not followed by the pilot.

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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