Citation 550 lands with no fuel, no landing gear!!!
01-05-2009, 12:08 PM
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Citation 550 lands with no fuel, no landing gear!!!
No injuries as small plane touches down in Wilmington without landing gear
By David Reynolds
Staff Writer from Star News online.
A small jet with no fuel made an emergency landing at Wilmington International Airport ILM early Sunday, and the seven people onboard escaped without injuries, officials said.
The plane landed without its landing gear and slid along the runway before coming to rest in the grass at the end of the air strip, said Julie Wilsey, the airport’s deputy director.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “The pilots did a fantastic job of landing the aircraft under the conditions. It was very very foggy.”
The Cessna Citation landed at 2:20 a.m. after four failed attempts to land in thick fog, Wilsey said. The plane, which is a twin-engine jet, ran out of fuel during flight because of strong-winds and the added flight time taken during the repeated passes over the airport, she said.
In addition to two pilots, the plane carried a family of four and their nanny. The passengers were headed home to New York from a Christmas vacation in the Caribbean. The family hired the plane to fly from the Dominican Republic to Wilmington where they intended to pass through U.S. Customs before continuing on to an airport in Teterboro, NJ.
Since Wilmington International Airport’s air traffic control isn’t staffed in the early morning hours, the pilots communicated with officials in Washington, D.C. during the landing. Wilsey said she did not know the family’s full name. She wasn’t certain why the landing gear wasn’t working.
Emergency crews with the airport and the Wrightsboro Volunteer Fire Department were on hand for the landing.
Airport officials notified the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board of the incident, Wilsey said. Since no one was injured, federal investigators weren’t dispatched and the airport moved the plane from the landing site. The runway reopened before noon. In the interim, the airport stayed open by using it’s other runway.
Several hours after the landing, the parents and their two children boarded a U.S. Airways flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Wilsey said.
“It’s really remarkable,” she said. “Everybody did everything right last night.”
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 815MA Make/Model: C550 Description: 550, S550, 552 Citation 2/S2/Bravo (T-47
Date: 01/04/2009 Time: 0715
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: WILMINGTON State: NC Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, WILMINGTON,
NC
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 7 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: VMC
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: GREENSBORO, NC (SO05) Entry date: 01/05/2009
By David Reynolds
Staff Writer from Star News online.
A small jet with no fuel made an emergency landing at Wilmington International Airport ILM early Sunday, and the seven people onboard escaped without injuries, officials said.
The plane landed without its landing gear and slid along the runway before coming to rest in the grass at the end of the air strip, said Julie Wilsey, the airport’s deputy director.
“It’s amazing,” she said. “The pilots did a fantastic job of landing the aircraft under the conditions. It was very very foggy.”
The Cessna Citation landed at 2:20 a.m. after four failed attempts to land in thick fog, Wilsey said. The plane, which is a twin-engine jet, ran out of fuel during flight because of strong-winds and the added flight time taken during the repeated passes over the airport, she said.
In addition to two pilots, the plane carried a family of four and their nanny. The passengers were headed home to New York from a Christmas vacation in the Caribbean. The family hired the plane to fly from the Dominican Republic to Wilmington where they intended to pass through U.S. Customs before continuing on to an airport in Teterboro, NJ.
Since Wilmington International Airport’s air traffic control isn’t staffed in the early morning hours, the pilots communicated with officials in Washington, D.C. during the landing. Wilsey said she did not know the family’s full name. She wasn’t certain why the landing gear wasn’t working.
Emergency crews with the airport and the Wrightsboro Volunteer Fire Department were on hand for the landing.
Airport officials notified the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board of the incident, Wilsey said. Since no one was injured, federal investigators weren’t dispatched and the airport moved the plane from the landing site. The runway reopened before noon. In the interim, the airport stayed open by using it’s other runway.
Several hours after the landing, the parents and their two children boarded a U.S. Airways flight to LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Wilsey said.
“It’s really remarkable,” she said. “Everybody did everything right last night.”
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 815MA Make/Model: C550 Description: 550, S550, 552 Citation 2/S2/Bravo (T-47
Date: 01/04/2009 Time: 0715
Event Type: Incident Highest Injury: None Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Unknown
LOCATION
City: WILMINGTON State: NC Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND SLID OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS, WILMINGTON,
NC
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 7 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
WEATHER: VMC
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Landing Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: GREENSBORO, NC (SO05) Entry date: 01/05/2009
01-05-2009, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by robbreid
"It’s amazing,” she said. “The pilots did a fantastic job of landing the aircraft under the conditions. It was very very foggy.”
The Cessna Citation landed at 2:20 a.m. after four failed attempts to land in thick fog, Wilsey said. The plane, which is a twin-engine jet, ran out of fuel during flight because of strong-winds and the added flight time taken during the repeated passes over the airport, she said.
The Cessna Citation landed at 2:20 a.m. after four failed attempts to land in thick fog, Wilsey said. The plane, which is a twin-engine jet, ran out of fuel during flight because of strong-winds and the added flight time taken during the repeated passes over the airport, she said.
01-05-2009, 05:21 PM
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I was flying a buddies Piper Archer from SAV to BUF about that time of morning. From FL to PA was solid overcast and heavy fog, not a lot of alternates available over about 400nm.
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01-05-2009, 07:32 PM
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i don't wanna be an armchair quarter back here but in their defense....
maybe they new that ILM was the only shot that had seeing that the whole northeast was socked in...maybe they ran outta gas and in order to make the glide to the field they left the gear up????
i dunno
maybe they new that ILM was the only shot that had seeing that the whole northeast was socked in...maybe they ran outta gas and in order to make the glide to the field they left the gear up????
i dunno
01-07-2009, 06:38 AM
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fron ainonline.com
A Cessna Citation II that ran out of fuel and landed gear-up early Sunday morning at Wilmington (N.C.) International Airport sustained “significant damage,” and the incident has been upgraded to an accident, according to an FAA spokeswoman. According to Randy Stevenson, an executive with Joda LLC, the financing group that owns the aircraft, the Citation sustained a punctured right wing and additional damage to the belly skin, the flaps and the left wing.
The aircraft is leased to Caribair, a Dominican Republic-based airline, Stevenson said, and was being operated under Part 91 out of La Isabela International Airport in the Dominican Republic. Seven people, including two pilots, were on board the aircraft at the time of the accident.
No injuries were reported. The pilot had made three unsuccessful attempts to land in fog before declaring an emergency while on the fourth approach.
An NTSB spokesman said the left engine shut down during the third approach and the right engine shut down during the fourth approach. The FAA spokeswoman did not know if the pilots had listed an alternate airport in the flight plan, but said that question would be part of the investigation.
The aircraft is leased to Caribair, a Dominican Republic-based airline, Stevenson said, and was being operated under Part 91 out of La Isabela International Airport in the Dominican Republic. Seven people, including two pilots, were on board the aircraft at the time of the accident.
No injuries were reported. The pilot had made three unsuccessful attempts to land in fog before declaring an emergency while on the fourth approach.
An NTSB spokesman said the left engine shut down during the third approach and the right engine shut down during the fourth approach. The FAA spokeswoman did not know if the pilots had listed an alternate airport in the flight plan, but said that question would be part of the investigation.
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