# NTSB CHI85LA288: Beech BE-55, N22PG, Eden Prairie, MN, July 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 18, 1985, 07:20 local (12:20 UTC)
- Place: Eden Prairie, MN
- Coordinates: 44.860065, -93.43016 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8601&lon=-93.4302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13141
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA288
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13141/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA288

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE FENCE DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF. THE TIRES OF THE ACFT SHOWED SIGNS OF HYDROPLANING AFTER THE ACCIDENT. NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION. THE TAKEOFF WAS ABORTED THE PLT SAID BECAUSE THE ACFT YAWED DURING TAKEOFF AND HE THOUGHT HE HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N22PG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH BE-55
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TE-969
- Airframe hours: 1707
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-C7 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Part 91
- Registered owner: Mn. Protective Life Ins. Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 9, 1985, 46 hours before
- Destination: SPI, SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FCM, Flying Cloud, runway 18, 2,694 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 530 total, 450 in this make and model, 450 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMC

## 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 19850718032199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850718032199A), Jul 18, 1985: Beech E55, Eden Prairie, MN, Substantial damage. Struck fence during aborted takeoff on wet runway. Hydroplaning evident. Engine developed full power on test run.

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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