Narrative:
The pilot failed to maintain visual reference with the runway during a landing, resulting in a loss of directional control. Factors were the heavy rain and the lack of runway centerline lights.
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."
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 1 July 1991 |
| Time: | 21:52 |
| Type: |  Learjet 25XR |
| Operator: | New Creations |
| Registration: | N458J |
| MSN: | 25-106 |
| First flight: | 1973 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CJ610-6 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Philadelphia International Airport, PA (PHL/KPHL), United States of America |
| Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH), United States of America |
The pilot failed to maintain visual reference with the runway during a landing, resulting in a loss of directional control. Factors were the heavy rain and the lack of runway centerline lights.
Probable Cause:
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."
Accident investigation:
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH as the crow flies is 648 km (405 miles).
Distance from Philadelphia International Airport, PA to Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH as the crow flies is 648 km (405 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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