Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 04 JAN 2003 |
| Time: | 12:21 EDT |
| Type: | Cessna 525 CitationJet |
| Operator: | Transportadora Julio Simões |
| Registration: | PT-XJS |
| C/n / msn: | 525-0239 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 2 Williams International FJ44-1A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH) (Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Morrinhos Airport, GO (SWMX), Brazil |
| São Paulo-Congonhas Airport, SP (CGH/SBSP), Brazil |
During the landing run on a wet runway at Congonhas Airport, the pilot noted a failure in the braking system and decided to veer to the runway intersection. Unable to decellerate, the aircraft ran down an embankment and went through a fence. It hit a barbecue stand, destroying it and slightly injuring the vendor. The aircraft suffered serious damage to it's wings.
Sources:
» Departamento de Aviação Civil (DAC)
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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.
