Eclipse EA500 crash, Aug 21, 2015, Danbury
Eclipse EA500 accident on August 21, 2015 near Danbury, Connecticut, United States with no fatalities. Cause: NTSB (report ERA15LA322, as summarized in...
- Date: August 21, 2015
- Aircraft: Eclipse EA500
- Location: Danbury, Connecticut, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: NTSB (report ERA15LA322, as summarized in the input record): the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and exceedance of the target touchdown speed, which resulted in a runway overrun.
An Eclipse EA500 on a private flight from Oshkosh landed at Danbury, Connecticut, with three people aboard. It touched down about 1,280 feet past the threshold at about 91 knots, and the pilot believed the brakes were not working and did not use the ALL INTERRUPT procedure. The jet overran the runway, hit a berm and came to rest upright with substantial right wing damage, and three occupants had minor injuries.