Cessna 500 Citation crash, Jan 6, 1998, Pittsburgh-Allegh...
Cessna 500 Citation accident on January 6, 1998 near Pittsburgh-Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure to go...
- Date: January 6, 1998
- Aircraft: Cessna 500 Citation
- Location: Pittsburgh-Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Failure to go around after a fast touchdown on a wet runway in fog and rain, resulting in a runway overrun.
A Cessna 500 Citation on an ILS approach in rain and fog landed long and fast at Allegheny County Airport, overran the runway and struck the localizer antenna. The aircraft and two mobile homes were destroyed by fire at the edge of a mobile home park. The pilot's failure to go around after the high-speed touchdown is cited as the cause.