| Date: | Monday 1 August 1994 |
| Time: | 20:49 |
| Type: |  Cessna 500 Citation I |
| Owner/operator: | SANTOM Ltd. |
| Registration: | VR-BLV |
| MSN: | 500-0344 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5235 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grenchen Airport (ZHI) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Alghero-Fertilia Airport (AHO/LIEA) |
| Grenchen Airport (ZHI/LSZG) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Cessna 500 Citation I aircraft suffered a runway excursion after landing on runway 07 at Grenchen Airport. The landing gear and the fuselage were damaged.
CAUSES
The accident is attributable to:
- Unwanted forward thrust of the left engine after touchdown, caused by a malfunction of the reversers;
- aquaplaning as a result of water puddles.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 August 2019 | CX-CCT | Mielur S.A | 0 | Grenchen (LSZG) | |
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