19980227002209A

(.4)The single seat military vintage jet airplane impacted terrain following a runway overrrun, while landing on runway 34R, at the Fort Worth Meacham international airport, Fort Worth, Texas. The pilot stated the he was descending on a downwind leg at Meacham international when the 'utility failure' light illuminated. The pilot extended the gear utilizing the emergency extension procedure and executed a zero flap landing. The airplane was approximately 1/2 mile from the runway when the pilot reduced the power and the engine experienced an uncommanded engine surge, which increased the airplane's airspeed. The airplane landed in the touchdown zone on the runway. The pilot was unable to stop the airplane on the runway and the airplane overran the departure end of the runway. The airplane slid down a 12-foot-deep embankment, where it came to rest upright, 25 feet from the departure end of the runway. Hydraulic fluid was observed leaking form the right wing root. (-23) on February 27, 1998, at approximately 11:55 a.m. CST, the pilot of an A4D-2 aircraft, N21NB, declared a total systems failure and was given cle arance by the Meacham airport traffic control tower to land on runway 34R. The aircraft did not stop before running off the end of the runway, causing substantial damage to the nose and main landing gear. The pilot suffered serious injury.