- Date
- June 14, 1989, 23:19 local (Jun 15, 1989, 03:19 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6506LGrumman American AA-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890614015609A
- Case key
- 7896
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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Probable cause
The student pilot's improperly planned approach, and inadequate supervision by the instructor pilot (CFI), which led to an encounter with wake turbulence and a loss of aircraft control.
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.
Vortex turbulence encountered
Planned approach - improperCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Wake turbulence - encounteredCause
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft control - not possible
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6506L
- Reported as
- Grumman American AA-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA5-0606
- Airframe hours
- 3,451
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2G, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Samuelson, Kathleen S., doing business as Cmh Flyers
- Registered owner
- Samuelson, Kathy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 16, 1989 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DLZ · Delaware, OH
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus Intl, runway 28L, 10,701 × 150 ft, asphalt
N6506LRegistration cancelled Jun 12, 1992 · Grumman American Avn. AA-5Airframe modelGrumman American Avn. AA-5
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
- 42
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,493 total · 574 in this make and model · 6,386 as pilot in command · 334 in the last 90 days · 114 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °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.