ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft Beechjet 400 N428JD Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Date:Tuesday 18 September 2012
Time:10:03
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Beechcraft Beechjet 400
Operator:Dewberry Air LLC
Registration: N428JD
MSN: RJ-13
First flight: 1986
Total airframe hrs:5416
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5A
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC) (   United States of America)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Charleston International Airport, SC (CHS/KCHS), United States of America
Destination airport:Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC/KMAC), United States of America
Narrative:
A Beechcraft 400 Beechjet corporate jet sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC).
Three people on board sustained minor injuries.
The plane left Charleston International Airport, SC about 09:20 on a flight to Macon, GA. The airplane landed at Macon on runway 28 within the first 1,000 feet and there was water visible on the runway. Maximum reverse thrust, braking, and ground spoilers were deployed; however, both pilots reported a "pulsation" in the brake system. The airplane departed the end of the runway, traveled into the grass, went down an embankment, across Ocmulgee East Blvd, and into the trees.

Runway 28 is a 4696 ft (1431 m) asphalt runway.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed, which resulted in the airplane touching down too fast on the wet runway with inadequate runway remaining to stop and a subsequent runway overrun. Contributing to the landing overrun were the flight crewmembers' failure to correctly use the appropriate performance chart to calculate the runway required to stop on a contaminated runway and their general lack of proper crew resource management. "

Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: NTSB
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 9 months
Accident number: ERA12FA567
Download report: Summary report

Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)

Sources:
» NTSB


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type: Beechcraft Beechjet 400
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accident date: 18-09-2012
type: Beechcraft Beechjet 400
registration: N428JD
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accident date: 18-09-2012
type: Beechcraft Beechjet 400
registration: N428JD
 

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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 Charleston International Airport, SC to Macon Downtown Airport, GA as the crow flies is 327 km (204 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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