- Date
- July 1, 1991, 21:52 local (Jul 2, 1991, 01:52 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N458JLearjet LR25B-XR
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910701025199A
- Case key
- 36950
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain visual reference with the runway during a landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control. Also causal to the accident was the pilot's failure to initiate a go-around, after he lost sight of the runway during the touchdown. Factors related to the accident were the heavy rain and the lack of runway centerline lights.
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
N458J was landing during a rain shower. As the airplane started to flare for landing, the wind caused it to drift to the right. The pilot started to correct this drift, as the rain became heavier. During the touchdown, the pilot lost visual reference with the runway, yet he continued with the landing roll. The airplane drifted off the left side of the runway and ran into soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N458J
- Reported as
- Learjet LR25B-XR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 106
- Engine
- GE CJ-610-6, 2,950 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- New Creations, Inc.
- Registered owner
- New Creations, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- PHL · Philadelphia, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CMH · Port Columbus, runway 1, 10,700 × 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,450 total · 4,156 in this make and model · 9,250 as pilot in command · 255 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.