- Date
- November 6, 1986, 10:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37359Cessna 421C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861106058959A
- Case key
- 31819
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 flt had been cleared for a visual approach behind a Lockheed L-1011 aircraft and was warned to use caution against wake turbulence. The flight encountered the wake turbulence of the L-1011 at 1600 feet. Control could not be maintained and the aircraft rolled to an inverted position. The two pilots performed a 'split-s' maneuver and regained control at 400 feet. A normal landing was then made. Radar data revealed the L-1011 crossed the point where N37359 encountered the turbulence 1 minute and 34 seconds prior at and alt of 2100 feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37359
- Reported as
- Cessna 421C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421C0652
- Airframe hours
- 2,300
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-L, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Lance
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1985 · 257 hours before
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TPA · Tampa International, runway 18L, 8,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,740 total · 355 in this make and model · 4,600 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 6 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.