# NTSB Accident IAD98FA047
> **Beech 58** · 1998-04-24 · COLUMBUS, OH, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD98FA047
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09877
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-04-24
- **Location:** COLUMBUS, OH, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.00951, -82.919479
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Beech
- **Model:** 58
- **Registration:** N258B
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate planned approach and his failure to follow wake turbulence avoidance procedures by not staying above the glide-path of the preceding Boeing 757,  which resulted in a vortex turbulence encounter.  Contributing to the accident was the wake turbulence, and night conditions.

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