Narrative:
A Raytheon Hawker 800XP, N412JA, performing Talon Air flight TFF941, suffered an accident during landing on runway 14 at Farmingdale-Republic Airport, New York, USA. Both occupants sustained minor injuries.
At 20:32 local time the flight was cleared for an ILS approach to runway 14. The Tower controller reported wind calm and stated that the aircraft that landed five minutes prior had reported that the cloud base was at minimums.
She then reported that visibility had dropped to 1/4 mile in fog, indefinite ceiling with a vertical visibility of 200 feet.
The aircraft landed at 20:35 and subsequently radioed: "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday Talon Air 941 crash-landing runway 1-4, we're still occupying, send vehicles out."
Emergency services reported that there was damage to the nose radome and that the main and nose landing gears had collapsed.
The aircraft had come to a stop at or near taxiway A, which runs to the right of and parallel to runway 14. The portion of the taxiway between A4 and A5 was Notammed closed after the accident.
Probable Cause: The flight crews delayed decision to initiate a go-around after the approach had become unstabilized, which resulted in a hard landing.
Runway excursion (veer-off)
» https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N412JA
» USAIG
KFRG 210033Z 02003KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN002 01/00 A3004 RMK AO2 T00110000
00:53 UTC / 19:53 local time:
KFRG 210053Z 04003KT 3/4SM BR OVC002 01/00 A3004 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 SLP171 T00110000
01:33 UTC / 20:33 local time:
KFRG 210133Z 08003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 T00061006
01:53 UTC / 20:53 local time:
KFRG 210153Z 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T00061006
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Sunday 20 December 2020 |
| Time: | 20:35 |
| Type: |  Raytheon Hawker 800XP |
| Operator: | Talon Air |
| Registration: | N412JA |
| MSN: | 258516 |
| First flight: | 2001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12711 |
| Cycles: | 8197 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TFE731-5BR |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Farmingdale-Republic Airport, NY (FRG) ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport, FL (OPF/KOPF), United States of America |
| Farmingdale-Republic Airport, NY (FRG/KFRG), United States of America | |
| Flightnumber: | TFF941 |
A Raytheon Hawker 800XP, N412JA, performing Talon Air flight TFF941, suffered an accident during landing on runway 14 at Farmingdale-Republic Airport, New York, USA. Both occupants sustained minor injuries.
At 20:32 local time the flight was cleared for an ILS approach to runway 14. The Tower controller reported wind calm and stated that the aircraft that landed five minutes prior had reported that the cloud base was at minimums.
She then reported that visibility had dropped to 1/4 mile in fog, indefinite ceiling with a vertical visibility of 200 feet.
The aircraft landed at 20:35 and subsequently radioed: "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday Talon Air 941 crash-landing runway 1-4, we're still occupying, send vehicles out."
Emergency services reported that there was damage to the nose radome and that the main and nose landing gears had collapsed.
The aircraft had come to a stop at or near taxiway A, which runs to the right of and parallel to runway 14. The portion of the taxiway between A4 and A5 was Notammed closed after the accident.
Probable Cause:
Probable Cause: The flight crews delayed decision to initiate a go-around after the approach had become unstabilized, which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approachRunway excursion (veer-off)
Sources:
» nypost.com» https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N412JA
» USAIG
METAR Weather report:
00:33 UTC / 19:33 local time:KFRG 210033Z 02003KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN002 01/00 A3004 RMK AO2 T00110000
00:53 UTC / 19:53 local time:
KFRG 210053Z 04003KT 3/4SM BR OVC002 01/00 A3004 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 SLP171 T00110000
01:33 UTC / 20:33 local time:
KFRG 210133Z 08003KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 T00061006
01:53 UTC / 20:53 local time:
KFRG 210153Z 00000KT 1/4SM FG VV002 01/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP165 T00061006
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Distance from Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport, FL to Farmingdale-Republic Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1755 km (1097 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Miami-Opa locka Executive Airport, FL to Farmingdale-Republic Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1755 km (1097 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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