Incident Overview

Date: Monday 16 January 2017
Aircraft Type: Cessna 525C Citation CJ4
Owner/operator: Zeliff Aviation LLC
Registration Number: N525PZ
Location: Howell-Livingston County Spencer J. Hardy Airport, MI – ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Component Affected: WingsWings
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 corporate jet experienced a runway excursion and impact with terrain during landing at Howell-Livingston County Airport, Michigan, USA. The pilot survived the accident. The aircraft departed Batavia-Genesee County Airport, New York, at 10:57 hours local time, landed on runway 13 at 11:59 hours, and traveled past the end of the runway over 390 meters of airport terrain before impacting. The wings were torn off, and the fuselage came to rest inverted.A Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 corporate jet experienced a runway excursion and impact with terrain during landing at Howell-Livingston County Airport, Michigan, USA. The pilot survived the accident. The aircraft departed Batavia-Genesee County Airport, New York, at 10:57 hours local time, landed on runway 13 at 11:59 hours, and traveled past the end of the runway over 390 meters of airport terrain before impacting. The wings were torn off, and the fuselage came to rest inverted.

Description

A Cessna 525C Citation CJ4 corporate jet suffered an apparent runway excursion on landing at Howell-Livingston County Airport, Michigan, USA. The pilot survived the accident. The airplane departed Batavia-Genesee County Airport, New York, at 10:57 hours local time. The flight landed on runway 13 at 11:59 hours. An eyewitness reported that the aircraft travelled past the end of the runway over about 390 m of airport terrain before it crossed Tooley Road. The wings were torn off and the fuselage came to rest inverted. Runway 13 is a 5002 ft (1525 m) long runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The pilot’s attempted landing on the ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was airport personnel’s lack of training regarding issuance of NOTAMs.”

Source of Information

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N525PZ/history/20170116/1600Z/KGVQ/KOZW, https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20170117X15227&key=1https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N525PZ/history/20170116/1600Z/KGVQ/KOZW, https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20170117X15227&key=1

Primary Cause

The pilot’s attempted landing on the ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.The pilot’s attempted landing on the ice-covered runway, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with terrain.

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