Accidents: Hydraulic warnings cited in Citation overrun at JFK

By Mary F. Silitch

July 1, 2008
Accidents

Cessna 750 Citation X, New York, N.Y., April 3, 2008–On landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the copilot of WM Aviation’s Citation X said he did not have nosewheel steering, brakes or any feeling of engine thrust reverse at about 80 knots.

Despite emergency air brake application, the jet veered off the runway and collided with a dirt divider, shearing off the left main landing gear and buckling the nosegear. The left wing dug into the sand.The download of the airplane’s engine indication and crew alert system revealed a series of hydraulic abnormal indication warning lights.

Both crewmembers stated they completed the checklist procedures for the warning signals and lowered the main landing gear, thinking the problem was solved. No one was injured in the incident.

Back

FAA Publishes Helo EMS Rule Changes November 18, 2008 Late last week the FAA published long-awaited proposed revisions in the operations specification governing helicopter EMS (HEMS) flights under... [more]
Mexican Learjet 45 Crash: Accident or Sabotage? November 06, 2008 NTSB and Mexican aviation accident investigators are on scene in Mexico City, where a Learjet 45 (XC-VMC) crashed into a mixed... [more]
Tires Blew before Learjet Crashed November 01, 2008 The NTSB said both main tires blew before the Learjet 60 (N999LJ) overran Runway 11 and crashed while taking off from Columbia (S.C.)... [more]
Last lawsuit settled after 1996 GIV crash November 01, 2008 After a dozen years, the litigation surrounding the fatal crash of a Gulfstream IV has finally been settled. The crash on takeoff at the former... [more]
Brazil Midair Marks Second Anniversary with Open Questions November 01, 2008 Two years after the collision between an Embraer Legacy 600 and a Gol Boeing 737 sent the Brazilian airliner crashing into the Amazon forest... [more]