Beech 200 accident near Chicago, IL
On November 12, 1999, a Beech 200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Chicago, IL. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 12, 1999
- Place
- Chicago, IL
- Aircraft
- Beech 200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 41.870°N, 87.620°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X20071
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 11, 1999, at 2020 central standard time (cst), a Beechcraft 200, N869, operated by an airline transport pilot, was destroyed when it impacted into the water immediately after takeoff from runway 18 (3,899 feet by 150 feet, dry concrete) at Merrill C. Meigs Field, Chicago, Illinois. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The corporate business flight was being operated under 14 CFR Part 91. No flight plan was on file. The pilot, copilot, and passenger on board, sustained fatal injuries. The cross-country flight to South Bend, Indiana, was originating at the time of the accident. A line employee for the fixed base operator, who removed the wheel chocks before the airplane taxied, said that neither pilot performed "any kind of walk-around or exterior preflight check of the airplane." He said that they started engines right away. As soon as they had the engines going, they were taxiing. The line employees said that he did not see any flight control surfaces move while the airplane was on the ramp. The contract air traffic controller on duty at the time of the accident said that N869 called for taxi and told him that they were "VFR to South Bend", [Indiana]. The controller said that at the time he called, the winds were calm, so he gave N869 his choice of runways. The pilots requested runway 18. The controller said that he held N869 momentarily to check on air traffic that was going into Midway Airport. The controller then cleared N869 for takeoff. They acknowledged that they were cleared for takeoff. The controller
Probable cause
On ground collision with the lake for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
