Incident Overview

Date: Thursday 15 March 2012
Aircraft Type: Cessna 501 Citation I/SP
Owner/operator: private
Registration Number: N7700T
Location: Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC – ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: Airplane’s nosegear.Airplane’s nosegear.
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A Cessna 501 Citation I/SP corporate jet crashed at Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC, resulting in the deaths of five occupants. The aircraft was inbound from Venice Municipal Airport, FL (VNC), and executed a series of maneuvers during approach, including a go-around and a left turn. The airplane subsequently landed nose-first onto the runway, resulting in a bounce and subsequent contact with the ground. The aircraft then flipped over, causing a post-crash fire.A Cessna 501 Citation I/SP corporate jet crashed at Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC, resulting in the deaths of five occupants. The aircraft was inbound from Venice Municipal Airport, FL (VNC), and executed a series of maneuvers during approach, including a go-around and a left turn. The airplane subsequently landed nose-first onto the runway, resulting in a bounce and subsequent contact with the ground. The aircraft then flipped over, causing a post-crash fire.

Description

A Cessna 501 Citation I/SP corporate jet was destroyed in an accident at Franklin-Macon County Airport, NC. The five occupants were killed. The airplane was inbound from Venice Municipal Airport, FL (VNC). The Citation was high during the approach to runway 25, performed a go-around, and made a left turn for another approach. During the second approach, the airplane was high again and the approach steepened, nose-down onto the runway. The nosegear touched down approximately half-way down the runway, followed by main gear touchdown. The airplane then bounced and the witnesses heard the engine noise increase. It then banked right and the right wing contacted the ground. The airplane subsequently flipped over off the right side of the runway and a postcrash fire ensued. The airplane came to rest in a grassy area, about 50 feet off the right side of the runway, approximately 4,250 feet beyond the approach end of runway 25. Runway 25 is a 4400 ft/1341 m asphalt runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The pilot’s failure to achieve a stabilized approach, resulting in a nose-first, bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s activation of only one thrust reverser, resulting in asymmetrical thrust.”

Source of Information

http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/mar/15/6/plane-crash-reported-western-nc-airport-ar-3419638/, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7700T/history/20120315/1510Z/KVNC/1A5http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/mar/15/6/plane-crash-reported-western-nc-airport-ar-3419638/, http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N7700T/history/20120315/1510Z/KVNC/1A5

Primary Cause

Pilot’s failure to achieve a stabilized approach, leading to a nose-first, bounced landing.Pilot’s failure to achieve a stabilized approach, leading to a nose-first, bounced landing.

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