- Date
- March 13, 1985, 03:20 local (09:20 UTC)
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1889LBeech 58
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850313009549A
- Case key
- 12822
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Analysis
The Beech 58 plt was returning at ngt when traffic was very light. After lndg, the acft was retained on local control (lc) freq for the plt's convenience. The plt requested clnc to the twa hangar & was cleared on the most expeditious route. This route went next to the rwy 9L pad, where a Boeing 747 maint crew were running up/trimming engs. The Beech was blown ovr as it passed behind the Boeing. During the occurrence, the top of the Beech was crushed inward, fatally injuring the plt. Tower letter of opns prohibited the use of taxiway next to the rwy 9L pad, when it was being used for run-ups. The Beech plt was not cautioned about psbl wake turbc & the Boeing crew were not advised of the Beech's psn. For reasons of noise abatement, the ngt-time run-up of the Boeing 747 should have been conducted on a hdg of east or northwest, but the 747 was on a hdg of southwest, angled into the wind. None of the four tower controllers detected or attempted correcting its orientation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1889L
- Reported as
- Beech 58
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TH752
- Airframe hours
- 3,209
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Rynes Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Andrew C. Kalayta
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 20, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- DTW · Detroit, MI
- Destination
- ORD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ORD · O'Hare Intl, runway 14R, 11,600 × 200 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,060 total · 10,660 as pilot in command · 97 in the last 90 days · 41 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 0RD, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.