# Accident 20130818015779A: Beech V35, Wheeling, IL, August 18, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2013, 12:25 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1142° N, 87.9153° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1142&lon=-87.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N779RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N779RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech V35 (registry code 1151538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-v35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH V35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA499) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130818015779A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT INADVERTENTLY DEPRESSED THE RUDDER WHILE STRETCHING HIS LEGS DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL ON RWY 16 AT PWK.

THE PASSENGER'S ACTION OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ACCELERATING THROUGH 60 TO 70 KTS., CAUSING THE PIC TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RNY THROUGH THE GRASS AND CAME TO REST IN A NON-MOVEMENT AREA.

NO PERSONS OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED OR DAMAGED AS A RESULT.

NO PERSONS ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT WERE INJURED AS A RESULT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO LEFT WING AND WING SPAR.  NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED.

## 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 CEN13CA499](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13CA499), Aug 18, 2013: Beech 35 (N779RB), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of control due to the passenger’s inadvertent application of left rudder during the takeoff roll.

## Other reports on N779RB (1)

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

- [Incident 20250519015739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250519015739I), May 19, 2025: Beech V35 (N779RB), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. On may 19, 2025, at approximately 1600 local time, the pilot in command (PIC) of [privacy data omitted], a Beech V-35, landed at Chicago Executive Airport…

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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