ASN Aircraft accident Learjet 35A N500ND Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Saturday 11 August 2007
Time:16:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic LJ35 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Learjet 35A
Operator:World Jet II
Registration: N500ND
MSN: 35A-351
First flight: 1980
Engines: 2 Garrett TFE731-2-2B
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM) (   Dominica)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Saint John Island Airport (SJF), U.S. Virgin Islands
Destination airport:Dominica-Melville Hall Airport (DOM/TDPD), Dominica
Narrative:
The first officer was flying the airplane and the tower cleared them to enter a left downwind. On touchdown the first officer requested spoilers, and noticed poor braking. The pilot in command pumped the brakes with no response. The drag chute was deployed but was not effective. The pilot in command stated he took over the flight controls and applied maximum braking. The airplane continued to roll off the end of the runway, down an embankment, through a fence, and came to a stop on a road.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» NTSB


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