- Date
- February 18, 1990, 21:07 local (Feb 19, 1990, 03:07 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6377BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900218002369A
- Case key
- 34933
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Probable cause
Excessive taxi speed and inadequate visual outlook by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: dark night and the ditch.
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 local controller said he observed the acft taxiing at a high rate of speed to the departure end of the runway. The pilot reported he failed to see the blue taxiway lights, marking the entrance, where the taxiway turned onto the runway. Subsequently, the acft continued off the end of the taxiway, hit a ditch & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6377B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283926
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roederer Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Uknown
- Destination
- SUS · St Louis, MO
- Airport
- COU · Columbia Regional, runway 20, 6,500 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 168 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- COU, 1 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.
Other investigations on N6377B · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.