| Date: | Wednesday 28 December 2011 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Cessna 650 Citation VII |
| Owner/operator: | Citation 7063 Corp. |
| Registration: | N877G |
| MSN: | 650-7063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5614 hours |
| Cycles: | 4490 flights |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, FL (FXE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
| Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB/KTEB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 650 Citation VII, N877G, crashed on takeoff and came to rest into a fence at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Florida.
The crew stated that the preflight examination, takeoff checks, takeoff roll, and rotation from runway 26 were "normal." However, once airborne, and with the landing gear down and the flaps at 20 degrees, the airplane began a roll to the right. The captain used differential thrust and rudder to keep the airplane from rolling over, and as he kept adjusting both. He noted that as the airspeed increased, the airplane tended to roll more; as the airspeed decreased, the roll would decrease. The captain also recalled thinking that the airplane might have had an asymmetrical flap misconfiguration. Both pilots stated that there were no lights or warnings. As the airplane continued a right turn, runway 13 came into view. The captain completed a landing to the right of that runway, landing long and in the grass with a 9-knot, left quartering tailwind. The airplane then paralleled the runway and ran into an airport perimeter fence beyond the runway's end.
The aircraft was substantially damaged and all eight occupants escaped unhurt.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The crew's failure to use proper emergency procedures during an uncommanded right roll after takeoff, which led to a forced landing with a quartering tailwind. Contributing to the accident was a faulty right roll spoiler actuator, which allowed the right roll spoiler to deploy but not close completely."
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