- Date
- July 13, 1987, 23:08 local (Jul 14, 1987, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N127GSSmith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870713037449A
- Case key
- 7236
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot taxied off an unlighted taxiway into a large drainage ditch while taxiing to a parking ramp. The pilot thought he was on the taxiway but the right landing gear was on a portion of the drainage ditch retaining wall. The rt landing gear collapsed. The pilot was using the landing light instead of the taxi light.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N127GS
- Reported as
- Smith, Ted Aerostar Aerostar 600 (AEROSTAR 6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 600377134
- Airframe hours
- 7,006
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Continental
- Registered owner
- Air Continental Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 13, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- CLE · Cleveland, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Int'L.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,603 total · 400 in this make and model · 2,519 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.