- Date
- February 6, 1992, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9029VBeech 55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920206002119I
- Case key
- 15394
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Probable cause
Improper starting procedure attempted by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was: magneto switch left in the 'on' position.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Unable to start the engines with the battery, the pilot deplaned the airplane to pull the propellers through by hand. The left engine started when the pilot pulled the propeller through. The pilot attempted to enter the airplane to shut down the engine but was unable to. The airplane traveled in several circles prior to contacting a golf cart and coming to a stop. Post accident inspection revealed the magnetos were left in the 'on' position when the pilot pulled through the propellers.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9029V
- Reported as
- Beech 55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1485
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-L, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Neighbor, Ernest H
- Registered owner
- Neighbor, Ernest H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 94 hours before
- Destination
- Leawood, KS
- Airport
- PWK · Palwaukee
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,148 total · 1,466 in this make and model · 2,007 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBU, 5 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.