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Someone posted an excerpt from the NTSB investigation. It looks like he passes a tower (seen about 0:26 into it) I cannot believe any tower would let him land downwind on a runway closed to jet traffic. Were these guys asleep at the wheel also?

NTSB: pilot said brakes failed, but inspection found brakes and hydraulics fully functional. Plane landed 800-1000' down runway,10-15kts tailwind. Emergency brake system not used. Runway closed to jet traffic. Plane needed 3570' to land, strip is less than 3000' NTSB: pilot said brakes failed, but inspection found brakes and hydraulics fully functional. Plane landed 800-1000' down runway,10-15kts tailwind. Emergency brake system not used. Runway closed to jet traffic. Plane needed 3570' to land, strip is less than 3000' NTSB: pilot said brakes failed, but inspection found brakes and hydraulics fully functional. Plane landed 800-1000' down runway,10-15kts tailwind. Emergency brake system not used. Runway closed to jet traffic. Plane needed 3570' to land, strip is less than 3000'

NTSB Probable Cause: pilot's improper decision to plan a flight to a runway of insufficient length, his improper in-flight decision to land on inadequate runway with tailwind, his failure to obtain proper touchdown point NTSB Probable Cause: pilot's improper decision to plan a flight to a runway of insufficient length, his improper in-flight decision to land on inadequate runway with tailwind, his failure to obtain proper touchdown point NTSB Probable Cause: pilot's improper decision to plan a flight to a runway of insufficient length, his improper in-flight decision to land on inadequate runway with tailwind, his failure to obtain proper touchdown point

Accident

languages: Status: Final
Date: 15 MAY 2005
Time: 15:48
Type: Cessna 525A CitationJet 2
Operator: Weibel Scientific
Registration: OY-JET
C/n / msn: 525A-0089
First flight:
Total airframe hrs: 360
Engines: 2 Williams International FJ44-2C
Crew: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Passengers: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Total: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Airplane damage: Written off
Location: Atlantic City-Bader Field, NJ (AIY) (United States of America)
Phase: Landing
Nature: Executive
Departure airport: Burlington International Airport, VT (BTV/KBTV), United States of America
Destination airport: Atlantic City-Bader Field, NJ (AIY), United States of America
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."
Events:

Landing/takeoff - Landing - Late, far down rwy
Result - Came to rest off rwy - in water

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