Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 crash, Jun 13, 2014, Aruanã
Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 accident on June 13, 2014 near Aruanã, Goiás, Brazil with no fatalities. Cause: CENIPA: The pilot operated the auxiliary...
- Date: June 13, 2014
- Aircraft: Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1
- Location: Aruanã, Goiás, Brazil
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: CENIPA: The pilot operated the auxiliary landing gear control handle, believing it was the emergency brake, which made braking impossible, because of insufficient training on that system and an emergency brake handle placed outside his field of view.
On landing at Aruana on runway 24 (1,280 m long), the Cessna 525 CitationJet could not stop in the remaining distance, overran onto soft ground, and its nose gear collapsed before it struck two concrete fences. The seven occupants, two pilots and five passengers travelling to a funeral, were injured, the captain seriously, and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The CENIPA report A 109 CENIPA 2014 found that the pilot operated the auxiliary gear control handle, believing it was the emergency brake, so the aircraft could not be braked.