# Accident 19980423010379A: Beech 58, Columbus, OH, April 23, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1998, 23:25 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 40.0095° N, 82.9195° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0095&lon=-82.9195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N258B-1998-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Reported engine: CONT IO520CB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 23 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD98FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980423010379A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENCOUNTERED WAKE VORTEX LANDING BEHIND A 757. ROLLED PERPENDICULER. LOST CONTROL CRASHED AND BURNED. (.4)THIS WAS THE PILOT'S FIRST NIGHT TRIP FOR THE COMPANY AND HIS FOURTH STOP ON A SEVEN LEG TRIP.  THE PREVIOUS THREE LEGS WERE REPORTED AS UNEVENTFUL, AND HAD LASTED A TOTAL OF 3 HOURS AND 9 MINUTES.  DURING ARRIVAL AT NIGHT, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED BY ATC TO FOLLOW A BOEING 757 ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 10R.  HE WAS CAUTIONED THREE TIMES ABOUT POSSIBLE WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE BOEING 757 AND HE CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD THE JET IN SIGHT.  A WITNESS REPORTED OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT ROLL 90 DEGREES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY INTO A STEEP DESCENDING NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND COLLIDE WITH THE TERRAIN WHILE IN CLOSE TRAIL BEHIND THE 757.  RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STAYED ABOVE THE FLIGHT PATH OF THE BOEING 757 3 TO 5 MILES OUT.  THE BOEING 757 TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY, WHILE THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE FLEW A STEEPER APPROACH AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY ABOUT 700 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S EVALUATION FORM DATED APRIL 8, 15 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED NOT TO, 'DIVE F                                                 OR THE RUNWAY TOWARD THE END OF THE APPROACH.' ACCORDING TO ADVISORY CIRCULAR DATED OCTOBER 1, 1991, WHEN LANDING BEHIND LA LARGER AIRCRAFT-SAME RUNWAY, STAY AT OR ABOVE THE LARGER AIRCRAFT'S FINAL APPROACH FLIGHTPATH-NOTE TOUCHDOWN POINT-LAND BEYOND IT.  THE REPORTED WINDS AR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS CALM.  EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE AND AIRFRAME DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION.                                        (-23) SEE NARRATIVE #IAD98FA047

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB IAD98FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD98FA047), Apr 24, 1998: Beech 58 (N258B), Columbus, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate planned approach and his failure to follow wake turbulence avoidance procedures by not staying above the glide-path of the preceding Boeing 757, which resulted in a vortex…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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