Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1999 |
| Time: | 11:47 CST |
| Type: | Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | Piedmont Hawthorne Aviation |
| Registration: | N508GP |
| C/n / msn: | 35-424 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7686 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Rogers, AR (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC (INT/KINT), United States of America |
| Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field (ROG/KROG), United States of America |
A high rate of descent developed on final approach, and the plane touched down hard 12 feet short of the landing threshold. The left main landing gear separated after impacting the concrete foundation supporting the runway's approach lighting system.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to maintain the proper descent rate, his failure to attain the proper touchdown point and the fightcrew's delay in taking remedial action. A factor was the downdraft. " Sources:
» 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 Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC to Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field as the crow flies is 1236 km (772 miles).
Distance from Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC to Rogers Municipal Airport-Carter Field as the crow flies is 1236 km (772 miles).
