| Date: | Thursday 15 July 2010 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: | Cessna 550B Citation Bravo |
| Owner/operator: | Prince Aviation |
| Registration: | YU-BSG |
| MSN: | 550-1049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3427 hours |
| Cycles: | 2661 flights |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PW530A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brac Airport (BWK) -
 Croatia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Tirana-Rinas Airport (TIA/LATI) |
| Brac Airport (BWK/LDSB) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIA Croatia |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Cessna 550 Citation Bravo corporate jet, registered YU-BSG, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident on landing at Brac Airport (BWK), Croatia.
The airplane overran the runway end after landing on runway 04, crashed through a perimeter fence and ended up on a rocky surface five metres below runway level. Both passengers and three crew were uninjured. A fire erupted but this was quickly contained by the airport fire service.
CAUSE (translated from Croatian):
The causes of aviation accident are:
- High speed approach
- Steep angle of approach
- The aircraft moved from steep descent to level flight, i.e. touched down, without a proper flare.
Due to a larger pitch angle and higher approach speed, flaring was faster and sharper, and thus had a greater angular velocity of the aircraft which caused increasing horizontal velocity.
- Late contact (touchdown) and insufficient length of runway for the aircraft to come to a halt.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Sep-2024 06:57 | ASN | Updated [Date, Source, ] |
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