Gainesville Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Gainesville, Florida 32602
Wednesday, November 9, 1988 16:52 EST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE PLT TAXIED TO RWY 6 & MADE AN ENG RUN-UP. AS HE CALLED THE TWR FOR TKOF, A NAVY P-3 WAS MAKING A LOW APCH TO RWY 10.THE PLT WAS TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 10. ABT 30 SEC LATER, AS HE ARRIVED AT RWY 10, HE WAS CLRD FOR TKOF & WAS CAUTIONED ABT WAKE TURBC FM THE P-3. THE PLT TKOF ON RWY 10 & MNVRD TO AVOID WAKE TURBC. AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU ABT 100', IT ROLLED VIOLENTLY TO THE RGT. THE PLT APPLIED CORRECTIVE ACTION, BUT THE ACFT DSCNDD & HIT THE RWY BFR HE COULD RCVR. THEAIM & FAA ADZY CIRCULAR 90-23D WARNED OF WAKE TURBC & RCMDD 2 MIN INTERVAL WHEN SMALL ACFT IS DEPG BHND A LARGE ACFT. THE TWR CTLR COMPLIED WITH APPLICABLE ATC DIRECTIVES. PARAGRAPH 3-106I OF ATC HANDBOOK 7110.65F SAID TO 'SEPARATE A SMALL ACFT BHND A LARGE ACFT TAKING OFF OR MAKING A LOW/MISSED APCH WHEN UTILIZING OPPOSITE DRCTN TAKEOFFS ON THE SAME RWY BY 3 MIN UNLESS A PLT HAS INITIATED A REQUEST TO DEVIATE FM THE 3 MIN INTERVAL. IN THE LATTER CASE, ISSUE A WAKE TURBC ADZY BEFORE CLRG THE ACFT FOR TAKEOFF.' HOWEVER, THE HANDBOOK DID NOT ADDRESS TAKEOFFS BHND SAME DRCTN LOW APCHS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/9/1988
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1652
Event Time Zone Eastern Standard Time
Event City GAINESVILLE
Event State FLORIDA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 32602
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport GAINESVILLE REGIONAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID GNV
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 152
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1652 Eastern Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID GNV
Elevation of weather observation facility 152
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation EST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 25000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Thin Broken
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 24
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 14
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 50
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 4
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 0
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Minor
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor 2
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 2
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1744
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Nov 9 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1755
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37922
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:18PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N6578B
NTSB Number MIA89LA022
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 152
Aircraft Series Identifier 152
Aircraft Serial Number 15283954
Certified Max Gross Weight 1670
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 2
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 12 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 79
Airframe Hours 3825
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name AERIAL AOS INC.
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. BOX 2577
Aircraft Owner City GAINESVILLE
Aircraft Owner State FL
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 32601
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name GATOR AIR
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address P.O. BOX 2577
Operator City GAINESVILLE
Operator State FL
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 32602
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code
Departure City
Departure State
Departure Country
Departure Time 1652
Departure Time Zone EST
Destination Same as Local Flt dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Takeoff
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 10
Runway Length 7500
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --