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Praetor 500 N434FX Landing Incident/Accident...

Happened on Septermber 21st:

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/345811

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An Embraer EMB-545 Praetor 500 jet, N434FX operating as Flexjet (LXJ434), sustained substantial damage following a hard landing on runway 04 at Brunswick-Malcolm McKinnon Airport, (SSI/KSSI), St Simons Island, GA.
The two pilots and six passengers were not injured.

Photos from the scene show that the airplane came to rest in a grassy area and that the right landing gear collapsed, and in the second photo, it appears the left-hand landing gear has been pushed up and through the top of the wing.

In the FAA Accident/Incident reporting database it says:

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ASPHALT INTO GRASS AFTER LANDING AND ATTEMPTING TO EXIT RUNWAY ONTO TAXIWAY.

Apparently (info off a forum - not verified) the PIC stated total FBW failure at 40ft.

Embraers rep told me that they don´t know anything yet.

Anyone any more info on that they could point me to ?

I heard that they got too slow on short final, resulting in the FBW system trying to stop them from stalling / preventing them from flaring.

It is really odd that there is no NTSB entry/notice of an ongoing investigation, not only because of the damage, but also because of the PIC's remark that the FBW had failed. That would certainly make it a matter of interest.

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I heard that they got too slow on short final, resulting in the FBW system trying to stop them from stalling / preventing them from flaring.

Haven`t flown the P500 yet, but the P600s autothrottle can be a bit slow and thus it is possible to get a tad slow. The P500s system is the same, wether the derated engines make em more sluggish in response I don´t know... can somebody with experience on both comment ?