Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 crash, Dec 8, 2014 (6 killed)
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 accident on December 8, 2014 near Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: NTSB: The pilot's conduct...
- Date: December 8, 2014
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100
- Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB: The pilot's conduct of an approach in structural icing conditions without turning on the wing and horizontal stabilizer deice system, and without using the appropriate landing performance speeds for the weather and airplane weight, resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude at which a recovery was not possible.
The Embraer EMB 500 Phenom 100 operated by Sage Aviation crashed on approach to runway 14 at Montgomery County Airpark on 8 December 2014 after flying from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It struck three houses and the ground about 3/4 mile from the runway, and a post crash fire destroyed the aircraft and one house. All six people on board and in the houses died. The NTSB found that the pilot approached in structural icing without activating the deice systems or using the correct landing speed, which led to an aerodynamic stall.