# NTSB CHI84LA361: Beech V35B, N1QR, Eden Prairie, MN, August 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 24, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Coordinates: 44.859958, -93.430618 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8600&lon=-93.4306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12751
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA361
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12751/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA361

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, standing - pre-flight
  - aircraft preflight - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - starting procedure - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER OPERATING THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON PRE-FLT, HE EXITED THE ACFT TO TURN THE PROP BY HAND. DURING A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW, HE STATED HE COULD NOT RECALL REMOVING THE IGNITION KEY. AFTER PULLING THE PROP THROUGH 1/4 TURN, THE ENG STARTED AND THE UNPILOTED ACFT TAXIIED INTO A PARKED ACFT AND TWO VEHICLES. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE IGNITION SYSTEM REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1QR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Beech V35B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D-9276
- Airframe hours: 1700
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-BA 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Modern Metals Foundry, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 23, 1984
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 7,500 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840824043349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840824043349A), Aug 24, 1984: Beech V35B, Eden Prairie, MN, Substantial damage. Primed engine, pulled prop through, started, struck an airplane and 2 cars. Magnetos and ignition system checked ok

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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