- Date
- September 15, 1989, 02:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N143JRDouglas DC-3A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890915035019A
- Case key
- 14414
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Probable cause
The co-pilot's failure to relinquish control of the aircraft to the pilot-in-command after encountering directional control difficulties during roll-out, and excessive braking by the co-pilot.
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
Copilot made instrument approach and landing, experienced directional control difficulties on roll out. Pilot in command assumed control of aircraft and stated such. Copilot applied excessive braking, and nose of aircraft struck runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143JR
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 199S
- Airframe hours
- 51,749
- Engine
- P&W R-1830-S1C3G, 1,050 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rhoades Int'L, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 30, 1989 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- DAY · Dayton, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BAK · Columbus Muni, runway 23, 6,401 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,200 total · 2,300 in this make and model · 12,190 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.