Eclipse EA500 N333MY

Summary

On 30 July 2008 at about 22:30 local time, a Eclipse EA500 registered N333MY, operated by My Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 July 2008 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Brandywine Airport (OQN)

Coordinates

39.9892, -75.5883

Aircraft

Eclipse EA500

Registration

N333MY

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

My Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadelphia → West Chester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC08FA261

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, and his excessive airspeed on approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During landing at its home airport, the airplane overran the runway and traveled down a 40-foot embankment before coming to rest against trees and sustaining substantial damage. According to the pilot, his speed on approach was a little fast but he thought it was manageable. Recorded data from the accident airplane revealed that 20 seconds before touchdown, when the pilot selected flaps 30 (landing flaps) the airspeed was approximately 27 knots above the maximum flap extension speed, and as the airplane touched down its airspeed was approximately 14 knots higher than specified for landing. The runway had a displaced threshold with 3,097 feet of runway length available. Skid marks from the accident airplane began approximately 868 feet beyond the displaced threshold, and continued for about 2,229 feet until they left the paved portion of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.