Cessna 500 Citation crash, Feb 4, 1996, Fazenda Matary
Cessna 500 Citation accident on February 4, 1996 near Fazenda Matary, Maranhão, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: The instructor's overconfidence and...
- Date: February 4, 1996
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Fazenda Matary, Maranhão, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The instructor's overconfidence and impulsive decision-making, poor landing planning, and misjudgement of the landing speed, along with a failure to brief the student and co-pilot on his change of plan.
A Cessna Citation on a positioning flight from Imperatriz to Fazenda Matary was landed fast by an instructor who changed his plan to a full stop without telling his co-pilot. The aircraft touched down about 10 knots above reference speed, the co-pilot then pushed power up, and the aircraft overran the runway and burned. All three occupants escaped uninjured.