# Incident 20021004025819I: Beech F33A, Wheeling, WV, October 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2002, 12:24 local time
- Place: Wheeling, WV
- Airport: Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1750° N, 80.6463° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WHEELING OHIO COUNTY (HLG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1750&lon=-80.6463&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6197U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F33A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,250 total, 1,197 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021004025819I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6197U WAS PERFORMING AN ENGINE RUN UP PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FOR RUNWAY 16. THE A/C DOOR BECAME AJAR. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, THE PIC STRUCK THE THROTTLE WITH HIS LOWER BODY CAUSING THE A/C TO EXIT THE TAXIWAY STRIKING A 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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