# NTSB CHI92LA089: Beech 55, N9029V, Wheeling, IL, February 6, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 6, 1992, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Coordinates: 42.129776, -87.919891 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1298&lon=-87.9199&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA089
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA089

## 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

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - starting procedure, pilot in command (cause)
  - powerplant controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - vehicle

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9029V), registered now, S/N TC-1485, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 55
- Registry model: [Beech 95-B55 (T42A)](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55-t42a) (registry code 1152706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-1485
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19920206002119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920206002119I), Feb 6, 1992: Beech 95B55, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Pulled prop through to enhance starting. Engine started. Aircraft struck a golf cart. Pilot had left mags on.

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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