# Accident 20080901844509A: Cvac 340580, Columbus, OH, September 1, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2008, 12:06 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Rickenbacker International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: I5HA
- Location: 39.7983° N, 82.9792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7983&lon=-82.9792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N587X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N587X-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340/580 (registry code 3790228, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-580) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 501-D13 series (registry code 03004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-501-d13-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC 340580
- Reported engine: ALLSN 501D13
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 16,087 total, 0 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08MA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08MA270) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080901844509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N587X, AN CONVAIR 340/580 OPERATED BY AIR TAHOMA (I5HA), DEPATED RUNWAY 5L AT RICKENBACKER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN LOCKBOURNE, OHIO.  THE PART 91 FLIGHT WAS INTENDED AS A POST-MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY TRAINING FOR TWO NEW HIRE PILOTS.  IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE FLIGHT CREW CALLED THE TOWER REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE RETURN TO LANDING.  THE TOWER CLEARED THE FLIGHT FOR IMMEDIATE LANDING ON RUNWAY 5L.  DURING THE TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED LEVEL TERRAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND POST CRASH FIRE.  THE THREE OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED.  EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE ELEVATOR TRIM TAB CONTROL CABLES WERE REVERSED.

## 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 CHI08MA270](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08MA270), Sep 1, 2008: Convair CV-580 (N587X), Columbus, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The improper (reverse) rigging of the elevator trim cables by company maintenance personnel, and their subsequent failure to discover the misrigging during required post-maintenance checks.…

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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