Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 27 FEB 1997 |
| Zeit: | 10:15 EST |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Learjet 35A |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Colvin Aviation Inc. |
| Kennzeichen: | N440HM |
| Werknummer: | 35-294 |
| Baujahr: | |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 2 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU) (USA) |
| Flugphase: | Landung (LDG) |
| Betriebsart: | Leerflug |
| Flug von: | Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA (ATL/KATL), USA |
| Greenville Downtown Airport, SC (GMU), USA |
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. " Informationsquelle:
» NTSB
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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 Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA to Greenville Downtown Airport, SC as the crow flies is 232 km (145 miles).
Distance from Atlanta-William B. Hartsfield International Airport, GA to Greenville Downtown Airport, SC as the crow flies is 232 km (145 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.
