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Old 3rd Oct 2011, 10:07
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Lol, excellent!

An excerpt from the accident reports reads:

The CitationJet departed Burlington (BTV) around 14:45 on May 15th 2005 on a routine flight to Atlantic City (AIY). The pilot first made a low pass along runway 29 and then returned to land on runway 11. After touchdown the airplane failed to stop within the confines of the runway and entered the Intercoastal Waterway. The occupants were recovered by boat.

According to the Cessna 525A Landing Distance Chart, a CJ2 with a landing weight of 11,000 pounds required 2,930 feet of landing distance with zero wind. With a 10 knot tailwind (which was the approx wind at the time of the accident) the airplane required 3,500 feet of landing space. Runway 11 at Bader Field is 2,948 foot-long. Furthermore Bader Field does not usually accept jet aircraft.

Probable Cause: "Pilot error in which the following were factors:

1. A poor decision to land at an airport with insufficient runway length.
2. Misjudgement in executing the landing resulting in a late touchdown.
3. A poor decision to land with a 10kt (or more) tailwind."

ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 OY-JET Atlantic City-Bader Field, NJ (AIY)
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