# NTSB CHI66D0464: Beechcraft 95-55, N7970K, Des Plaines, IL, November 18, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 18, 1965
- Place: Des Plaines, IL · DES PLAINES, IL
- Location: 42.0340° N, 87.9011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Des Plaines, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0340&lon=-87.9011&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0464
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0464

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3427  65/11/18   DES PLAINES ILL     BEECHCRAFT 95-55    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1950                    N7970K              PX-  0  0  2  BUSINESS                  40, 7946 TOTAL HOURS, 614
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE
        REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION. BOTH PILOT AND DRIVER OF VEHICLE FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID THE OTHER
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7970K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECHCRAFT 95-55
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ohare

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.

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