Narrative:
A Learjet 35A, operating on a test and training flight, suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 13 at Belo Horizonte/Pampulha Airport, Brazil. The crew was performing a touch-and-go when the aircraft touched down with the undercarriage retracted. The aircraft went through the perimeter fence broke in two. One pilot died, two other occupants were injured.
Runway 13 has a Landing Distance Available of 2364 meters, followed by a 150 m stopway. The aircraft went off the stopway and traveled 60 m on the grass before crashing through the perimeter fence. It continued another 60 meters before it came to rest in some bushes to the right side of a concrete construction for the localizer antenna array.
SBBH 201700Z 23004KT 9999 SCT040 27/10 Q1014
| Status: | Information verified through authorities or other official sources. |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 April 2021 |
| Time: | 14:30 |
| Type: |  Learjet 35A |
| Operator: | Eletric Power Construção |
| Registration: | PR-MLA |
| MSN: | 35-072 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, MG (PLU) ( Brazil)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brazil |
| Belo Horizonte/Pampulha - Carlos Drummond de Andrade Airport, MG (PLU/SBBH), Brazil |
A Learjet 35A, operating on a test and training flight, suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 13 at Belo Horizonte/Pampulha Airport, Brazil. The crew was performing a touch-and-go when the aircraft touched down with the undercarriage retracted. The aircraft went through the perimeter fence broke in two. One pilot died, two other occupants were injured.
Runway 13 has a Landing Distance Available of 2364 meters, followed by a 150 m stopway. The aircraft went off the stopway and traveled 60 m on the grass before crashing through the perimeter fence. It continued another 60 meters before it came to rest in some bushes to the right side of a concrete construction for the localizer antenna array.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Runway excursion (overrun)
Sources:
» g1.globo.comMETAR Weather report:
17:00 UTC / 14:00 local time:SBBH 201700Z 23004KT 9999 SCT040 27/10 Q1014
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Um Learjet 35A (PR-MLA) ultrapassou os limites da pista e parou em uma área gramada do aeroporto da Pampulha (PLU), em Belo Horizonte, na tarde de hoje.
— AERO Magazine (@Aero_Magazine) April 20, 2021
Ainda não há informações sobre os ocupantes da aeronave.
Fotos compartilhadas em grupos de aviação. pic.twitter.com/1HObN6mcoc
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