- Date
- October 8, 1992, 08:11 local (12:11 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9486EAeronca 11-AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921008041399A
- Case key
- 37252
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane, resulting the airplane departing the runway and impacted with the VASI 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
During the landing roll the airplane veered to the left. The pilot said he could not maintain control, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and struck the VASI lights.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9486E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11-AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1122
- Engine
- Continental A65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael S. Cheslick
- Registered owner
- Michael S. Cheslick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1992 · 67 hours before
- Airport
- 2I4 · Bolton Field, runway 22, 5,200 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 30 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.