Raytheon 390 Premier I crash, Mar 12, 2015, Blackpool
Raytheon 390 Premier I accident on March 12, 2015 near Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: AAIB: A fatigue crack in the...
- Date: March 12, 2015
- Aircraft: Raytheon 390 Premier I
- Location: Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB: A fatigue crack in the port cap of the left hydraulic pump caused a hydraulic leak that led to total loss of the hydraulic system. The landing distance available at Blackpool was insufficient for a landing with a hydraulic failure, even without the emergency brakes being applied.
On 12 March 2015 a Raytheon 390 Premier I flying from Avignon to Blackpool lost its hydraulic system during the approach, which disabled the speedbrake, lift dump and power brakes and left the landing gear extension delayed. The aircraft overran the runway at about 80 kt and was extensively damaged, but the two crew and two passengers were not hurt. The AAIB found that a fatigue crack in a hydraulic pump port cap caused the failure and that the landing distance at Blackpool was insufficient for a landing with a hydraulic failure.