Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 3 December 2006
Aircraft Type: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
Owner/operator: Premier Air Management
Registration Number: N501SP
Location: Mexicali Airport (MXL) –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Substantial, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Landing gearLanding gear
Category: Accident
A Citation aircraft experienced wind shear during landing, resulting in a short landing and subsequent skidding down the runway. The landing gear collapsed, and the aircraft was disassembled and transported via small trucks to a highway for further shipment.A Citation aircraft experienced wind shear during landing, resulting in a short landing and subsequent skidding down the runway. The landing gear collapsed, and the aircraft was disassembled and transported via small trucks to a highway for further shipment.
Description
The Citation aircraft encountered wind shear and landed short of the runway. The landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded down the approach end of the runway. Because of road conditions in Baja the aircraft had to be disassembled and loaded onto small trucks to be hauled to the highway where the parts were loaded onto larger trucks for shipment back to the US. The last recorded flight in 2007 by Flightaware.com was on March 12, 2007 from Goose Bay to Bangor; this was probably a spurious log.
Primary Cause
Wind shear during landing.Wind shear during landing.Share on:
