# NTSB CHI84IA052: Cessna 421B, N41097, Columbus, OH, November 27, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: November 26, 1983, 20:47 local (Nov 27, 1983, 01:47 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Coordinates: 40.010105, -82.920822 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0101&lon=-82.9208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 127 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84IA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12439/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84IA052

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot of other aircraft (cause)

## Analysis (aircraft 2)

DURING APPROACH TO COLUMBUS, THE B-727 WAS VECTORED TO A FINAL FOR RWY 28L & THE C-421 CLEARED FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 31 WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO 'LAND SHORT OF TWO EIGHT LEFT...' AFTER CONTACTING THE TOWER THE PLT OF THE C-421 WAS TWICE CLEAREDTO LAND ON RWY 31 WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28L. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED BOTH INSTRUCTIONS. DURING LANDING THE ACFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 31 & 28L. THE PLT OF THE C-3 421 HAD DIFFICULTY DISTINGUISHING THE INTERSECTION. THE LANDING DISTANCE FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RWY 31 TO WHERE IT CROSSES RWY 28L IS 3,011 FT.

## Analysis (aircraft 1)

DURING APPROACH TO COLUMBUS, THE B-727 WAS VECTORED TO A FINAL FOR RWY 28L & THE C-421 CLEARED FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 31 WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO 'LAND SHORT OF TWO EIGHT LEFT...' AFTER CONTACTING THE TOWER THE PLT OF THE C-421 WAS TWICE CLEAREDTO LAND ON RWY 31 WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 28L. THE PLT ACKNOWLEDGED BOTH INSTRUCTIONS. DURING LANDING THE ACFT COLLIDED AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWYS 31 & 28L. THE PLT OF THE C-421 HAD DIFFICULTY DISTINGUISHING THE INTERSECTION. THE LANDING DISTANCE FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RWY 31 TO WHERE IT CROSSES RWY 28L IS 3,011 FT.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N41097 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421B 0447
- Airframe hours: 3105
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-H2 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: A. Liner 8, Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 21, 1983, 20 hours before
- Departed: SRO, SARASOTA, FL
- Destination: YIP, YPSILANTI, MI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CMH, Columbus, runway 31, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N480DA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N480DA-1999-11-23), registration cancelled 1999-11-23, S/N 20860 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-232
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-232) (registry code 1384082) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20860
- Airframe hours: 29277
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Delta Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: ATA, ATLANTA, GA
- Destination: OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CMH, Columbus, runway 28L, 10,700 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot, aircraft N41097; age 44; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 464 total, 120 in this make and model, 328 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours
- Pilot, aircraft N480DA; age 45; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 14,597 total, 4,500 in this make and model, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 100° at 4 knots
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Observed at: CMH

## FAA reports on this event (2)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19831126076152I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831126076152I), Nov 26, 1983: Cessna 421B, Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Collided with a 727 N48ODA at the intersection of 28L and 31. Both aircraft were on landing rollouts.
- [Incident 19831126068911I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831126068911I), Nov 26, 1983: Boeing 727232, Columbus, OH, Minor damage. Collided with a Cessna 421 N41097 at the intersection of 28L and 31. Both aircraft were on landing rollouts.

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.

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