# NTSB CHI86FA036: Cessna 404 II, N167SA, Chicago, IL, November 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 29, 1985, 16:44 local (22:44 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.839435, -87.620735 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8394&lon=-87.6207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13234
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13234/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA036

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inattentive, driver of vehicle (cause)
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE TUG DRIVER WITH BAGGAGE CART FAILED TO YIELD TO A TAXIING ACFT WHEN CROSSING AN ACTIVE TAXIWAY. IT WAS DARK NITE. ACFT HAD POSITION/TAXI LITES ON. VEHICLE STOP SIGN TO TAXI CENTERLINE IS 70 FT. DRIVER SAID HE STOPPED AT SIGN. TUG STRUCK RT WG TIP, WG LEADING RUPTURING FUEL TANK AND SEPARATED ONE PROP BLADE FROM RT PROP HUB. ACFT WAS PUSHED 4 FT SIDEWAYS BY IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N167SA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N167SA-2007-03-16), registration cancelled 2007-03-16, S/N 404-0639, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404 II
- Registry model: [Cessna 404](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (registry code 2075901) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSI0-520-F-K](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (registry code 17031, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 404-0639
- Airframe hours: 5035
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520M 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Kenosha Aero Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, November 20, 1985, 10 hours before
- Departed: ORD, CHICAGO, IL
- Destination: SUE, MENOMINEE, WI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ORD, Chicago Inter

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 7,000 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft
- Temperature: 36 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORD

## 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 19851129064239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851129064239A), Nov 29, 1985: Cessna 404CESSNA, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft was hit by a baggage cart during taxi. The lighting conditions were dusk and drizzle was falling.

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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