The following information provides an awareness of problems that might be avoided in the future. The information is based on final reports by official investigative authorities on aircraft accidents and incidents.
Jets
Pilots Flared High, Landed Long
Learjet 25D. Substantial damage. No injuries.
“Mission pressure to land” was cited by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) as a contributing factor in a runway-overrun accident that substantially damaged a Learjet 25D of Mexican registry that was completing an emergency medical services flight in low instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) at Houston. None of the six occupants of the airplane was injured in the March 4, 2011, accident.
The Learjet had departed from Tuxtla Gutiérrez in southern Mexico at 0140 local time with two passengers, two medical crewmembers and two flight crewmembers. As the airplan…
