And you thought flying was easy too? CJ 525 water landing

[Bt Doctur]

Narrative:
The CitationJet departed Burlington (BTV) around 14:45 on a routine flight to Atlantic City (AIY). The pilot first made a low pass down runway 29 and then return to land on runway 11. After touchdown the airplane failed to stop and overran the runway and into the Intercoastal Waterway. The occupants were rescued by a boat.
According to the Cessna 525A Landing Distance Chart, an airplane with a landing weight of 11,000 pounds required 2,930 feet of landing distance, in a no wind situation. With a 10 knot tailwind, which was the approx wind at the time of the accident, the airplane required 3,500 feet of landing distance. Runway 11 at Bader Field is a 2,948 foot-long, 100 foot-wide, asphalt runway. Bader Field is normally closed to jet traffic.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's improper decision to plan a flight to a runway of insufficient length, his improper in-flight decision to land on that inadequate runway with a tailwind, and his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point. A factor in the accident was the tailwind condition."
Sources:
? NTSB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V06LBgfuxgA

 

[fishrdan]

It's a boat - it's a plane!... On in this case - It's a plane - it's a boat!

 

[fhhuber]

Flying is easy

Landing is hard.

 

[jimbo_jwc]

Looks like the Brand of plane and engines I'd want flying over water , glade they got out ,hope not too badly injured .

 

[HT32BSX115]

And you thought flying was easy too? CJ 525 water landing

Actually, flying is pretty easy..........Landing is also pretty easy......Common sense and good judgment OTOH, are hard for a LOT of people!

 

[southkogs]

... well ... "any one you can walk away from" ..

 

[HT32BSX115]

... well ... "any one you can walk away from" ..

And Sometimes, you have walk briskly (upwind)

 

[Bt Doctur]

or get carried away from. From 2002 We both made it.

 

[fhhuber]

A great landing lets you use the airplane again.

 

[robert graham]

A Citation pilot really should be more on top of his game than to make these mistakes....probably grew complacent about his flying....

 

[southkogs]

BT - that had to be scary!! Wow. Glad y'all made it.

This is a similar type of error to what happened with the citation, but still kinda' makes you scratch your head: http://www.military.com/video/milit...ds-at-small-airport-by-accident/1762113028001

The takeoff is pretty cool to watch, though.

 

[four winns 214]

This is a similar type of error to what happened with the citation....

Actually those incidents are not at all similar. The C-17 in the video mistakenly landed at a general aviation airport five miles northeast of his intended destination of McDill AFB, a royal foul-up for sure. A mitigating circumstance is that the C-17 was at the end of a 12-hour flight that capped a fatiguing several day trip.

The Citation, on the other hand, consciously planned to land at an extremely marginal airport. The pilot compounded his poor judgement by landing downwind and by not going around when it became apparent the necessary touchdown point was not going to be made. That the occupants of the Citation were going for a swim was a forgone conclusion.

 

[HT32BSX115]

A mitigating circumstance is that the C-17 was at the end of a 12-hour flight that capped a fatiguing several day trip.

At least it makes a pretty good excuse!