Date: | Thursday 27 February 1997 |
Time: | 10:15 |
Type: | Learjet 35A |
Owner/operator: | Colvin Aviation Inc. |
Registration: | N440HM |
MSN: | 35A-294 |
Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL) |
Destination airport: | Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU/KGMU) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:After an ILS approach the Learjet touched down long on runway 36. The aircraft hydroplaned and went off the runway, skidded through 200 feet of sod, vaulted off a 25 foot embankment, skidded across a road, and collided with a ditch.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot-in-command's failure to achieve the proper touchdown point on a known wet runway, resulting in a subsequent overrun and on ground collision with a ditch. "
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA97LA088 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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