# Accident 19991111046239A: Beech 200, Chicago, IL, November 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 1999, 20:20 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Merrill C Meigs
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8703° N, 87.6201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8703&lon=-87.6201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N869, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N869-2018-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991111046239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESS SAID THEY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT USE THE FULL LENGTHE OF RUNWAY 18 DURING TAKEOFF WITH NO OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO ROTATE AND LIFT OFF THE GROUND OR ABORT THE TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY INTO LAKE MICHIGAN AND SANK IMMEDIATELY.

## 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 CHI00FA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00FA027), Nov 12, 1999: Beech 200 (N869), Chicago, IL, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: On ground collision with the lake for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N869 (1)

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

- [Incident 19940131003419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940131003419I), Jan 31, 1994: Beech 200BEECH (N869), Michigan City, IN, Minor damage. Narrative: on January 31, 1994, at approximately 0735 CDT, aircraft N869, a Beechcraft BE-200 came into contact with a snow bank during a takeoff roll on…

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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