# Accident 20071205828759A: Cessna 208B, Columbus, OH, December 5, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2007, 06:51 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Rickenbacker International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CSJA
- Location: 39.7883° N, 82.9403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7883&lon=-82.9403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28MG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28MG-2011-06-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A114A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,308 total, 202 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071205828759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 5, 2007 AT APPROXIMATELY 0651 (LOCAL TIME), N28MG, A CESSNA CARAVAN 208B, OPERATED BY CASTLE AVIATION UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 IMPACTED THE GROUND SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 23R AT KLCK (RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND WERE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 1 TO 1 1/2 MILES VISIBILITY, LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW, CEILING CHANGING BETWEEN FIVE HUNDRED BROKEN TO OVERCAST AND BACK, WITH EASTERLY WINDS OF FIVE KNOTS OR LESS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS MINUS ONE DEGREE CELSIUS AND DEW PINT OF MINUS TWO DEGREES CELSIUS WITH AN ALTIMETER OF 29.61 INCHES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING AND INITIATED A CLIMBING LEFT TURN TOWARD THAT HEADING AFTER TAKEOFF. RADAR DATA REVEALS THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 1,100 FEET MSL OR APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET AGL BEFORE DESCENDING. ONE LAST RADAR RETURN SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT AT 800 FEET MSL (LESS THAN 100 FEET AGL), THEN DISAPPEARING ALTOGETHER FROM THE RADAR. THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT INDICATES A POSSIBLE LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE WITH COLLISION FORCES SUFFICIENT TO SHEAR BOTH THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO CONTINUE IN A LEFT ROLL WITH THE LEFT WING IMPACTING APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET FROM THE MAIN BODY OF WRECKAGE. THE FINAL WRECKAGE CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN AND APPROXIMATELY 592 FEET FROM THE INITIAL POINT OF IMPACT, LINKING THE CORRESPONDING DEBRIS FIELD.

## 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 CHI08FA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08FA045), Dec 5, 2007: Cessna 208B (N28MG), Columbus, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and collision avoidance with terrain due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident were the low cloud ceiling and night conditions.

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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