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Airplane Slides Off Ft Lauderdale Runway After Emergency Return To Airport
According to the FAA and Airport spokesperson, a Cessna Citation jet declared an emergency immediately after takeoff and returned to the airport to make an emergency landing when it slide off the runway.... (www.thefloridanewsjournal.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I went to FXE yesterday to have a closer look and the security cameras at Banyan caught the entire crash. The reasons why it happened are not clear yet, but one thing is for sure, they took off from 26 and immediately after t/o the airplane began shaking violently (I heard from one of the passengers) and the pilots turned right and did a full circle to land at 13, missing the Banyan building by a few yards, landing on the grass and then skidding all the way to the fence, again missing all the Cirrus of Platinum Aviation by a few feet. There are rumors that the pilots had very little experience in this specific Citation model, but only the preliminary NTSB report will shed some light. The fact that they landed and no one was hurt is a testament to their skills.
Possible fuel imbalance?
Looking at a picture of the plane on the ground http://www.facebook.com/groups/aviators2011/346157925409603/?notif_t=group_activity the the rudder is setup for going right. I wonder if a breaker tripped then guys were unfamiliar. Natural instinct tells me weight & balance stuck behind the power curve. Things like great deals on expensive italian tiles draws some into big trouble.
the aircraft departed 26 and landed half way down 13 in the grass, it wasn't a weight and balance issue.
I thought it was going to take out the entire flight line at Banyon AND hit me, I was standing 60 yards away when he hit the ground LEFT WING low, he almost caught the wing tip, that would have made it MUCH worse.
@Jayden- are you typed in the C650? Pretty sure it's almost impossable to get that jet out of balance.
I thought it was going to take out the entire flight line at Banyon AND hit me, I was standing 60 yards away when he hit the ground LEFT WING low, he almost caught the wing tip, that would have made it MUCH worse.
@Jayden- are you typed in the C650? Pretty sure it's almost impossable to get that jet out of balance.
The erratic flying that resulted in the emergency landing could have been induced by the pilot's improper weight and balance. Therefore it is too soon to say good job to the pilots. Being a good airman takes more than just flying skill.
Yeah, and it could have been induced by fighting off the gravitational effects of a UFO....come on Jayden, who pissed in your cheerios?? Based on the skimpy empirical data so far, give the pilots some credit that whether it was flight control, engine loss, W&B or UFO issues, they did a helluva job getting her on the ground with no one injured. You don't know, none of us know the facts yet. If you have a negative bent as you seem to have, you can come up with a lot of negative woulda, coulda, shouldas. Pilot interviews, CVR and the NTSB investigation will tell.