Cessna 525 N300ET

Summary

On 26 April 2014 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 525 registered N300ET was involved in an incident near Port Orange, Florida, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 April 2014 at 15:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Port Orange, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Spruce Creek (7FL6)

Coordinates

29.0764, -81.0522

Aircraft

Cessna 525

Registration

N300ET

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Miami → Port Orange

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14IA237

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point during landing and his failure to go around when he recognized that he would not be able to stop the airplane on the runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he performed a visual approach to land on the 4,000-ft-long, asphalt runway in the turbine-powered multiengine airplane. He added that the landing was "a little long" and that he then realized that he was not going to be able to stop the airplane on the remaining runway. One of the passengers, who was type-rated in the airplane, reported that the airplane remained airborne as it flew past "the numbers" and that it touched down about one-third of the way down the runway. The airplane subsequently rolled off the runway end through grass and then came to rest in a freshwater pond. The airplane sustained minor damage to the landing gear, wings, and flaps. The pilot reported that that there were no mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. He further reported that the incident could have been prevented if he had made a longer final approach, was more familiar with the airport, and had rejected the landing attempt at a safe stage of the approach.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.