Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 18 JUN 2012 |
| Time: | 10:06 |
| Type: | Beechcraft Beechjet 400A |
| Operator: | N79TE LLC |
| Registration: | N826JH |
| C/n / msn: | RK-70 |
| First flight: | 1993 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Gadsden-Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, AL (GAD/KGAD), United States of America |
| Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK/KPDK), United States of America |
A Beechcraft 400A Beechjet, registered N826JH, ran off the end of runway 20L after landing at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, GA (PDK) and then went through a fence before coming to rest near Dresden Drive. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the airline transport rated pilot and co-pilot sustained serious injuries, while the two passengers sustained minor injuries.
The pilot-in-command reported that presence of a Cessna airplane on final approach to runway 20R was a distraction. He felt rushed to land the airplane. He also reported that they used up 25 to 35 percent of the runway before touchdown, and after touchdown until coming to rest, the normal brakes were continuously applied, but the effectiveness was reported as being low.
Events:
Sources:
» FAA
» The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
» NTSB
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Distance from Gadsden-Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, AL to Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA as the crow flies is 164 km (103 miles).
Distance from Gadsden-Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, AL to Atlanta-DeKalb Peachtree Airport, GA as the crow flies is 164 km (103 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.
