Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 18 SEP 2012 |
| Time: | 10:03 |
| Type: | Beechcraft 400 Beechjet |
| Operator: | Dewberry Air LLC |
| Registration: | N428JD |
| C/n / msn: | RJ-13 |
| First flight: | 1986 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Charleston International Airport, SC (CHS/KCHS), United States of America |
| Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC/KMAC), United States of America |
A Beechcraft 400 Beechjet corporate jet sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Macon Downtown Airport, GA (MAC).
Three people on board sustained minor injuries.
The plane left Charleston International Airport, SC about 09:20 on a flight to Macon, GA. The airplane landed at Macon on runway 28 within the first 1,000 feet and there was water visible on the runway. Maximum reverse thrust, braking, and ground spoilers were deployed; however, both pilots reported a "pulsation" in the brake system. The airplane departed the end of the runway, traveled into the grass, went down an embankment, across Ocmulgee East Blvd, and into the trees.
Runway 28 is a 4696 ft (1431 m) asphalt runway.
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Distance from Charleston International Airport, SC to Macon Downtown Airport, GA as the crow flies is 327 km (204 miles).
Distance from Charleston International Airport, SC to Macon Downtown Airport, GA as the crow flies is 327 km (204 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.
