Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 crash, Oct 12, 2009, Angra dos...
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 accident on October 12, 2009 near Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: Landing with a tailwind,...
- Date: October 12, 2009
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100
- Location: Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Landing with a tailwind, high weight and a short runway, with the crew continuing to operate at an airport they considered unsafe under pressure from the owner. Low crew experience on the type and poor flight planning are also cited.
A Phenom 100 executive jet on a positioning flight from Campo de Marte landed on the short runway 10 at Angra dos Reis with a tailwind and a heavy weight. After touchdown it skidded, cartwheeled, lost both main gears and came to rest a few metres further on. Both pilots were unhurt, but the aircraft was badly damaged.