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FAA incident report · Lear 60LEAR · Evansville, IN · July 13, 2003

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Date
July 13, 2003 · 11:45 local
Place
Evansville, IN
Airport
Evansville Dress Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N21AC
Reported as
Lear 60LEAR
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) While completing a full stop landing on runway 04 at Evansville regional airport, aircraft overran the end of the runway approximately 150 feet. The landing threshold was displaced 1400 feet due to construction. ATCT personnel reported the approach and landing appeared normal. Weather was VMC and winds were light and variable. Pilot stated the touchdown was very smooth, and autospoilers were slow to deploy. In addition, he experienced difficulty in unlocking the thrust reversers. On the first attempt, he could not unlock the levers to the reverse position. Sensing the reversers were going to unlock asymmetrically, the pilot re-stowed the lever. On the second attempt the reversers deployed normally. The pilot realized it was too late to initiate a go-around and commenced heavy braking in an attempt to stop the aircraft. Aircraft exited the runway at about 10-15 mph with the aircraft coming to rest on a hard packed level surface. The only damage to the aircraft was a broken landing light.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE COMPLETING A FULL STOP LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 AT EVANSVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE END OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. THE LANDING THRESHOLD WAS DISPLACED 1400 FEET DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. ATCT PERSONNEL REPORTED THE APPROACH AND LANDING APPEARED NORMAL. WEATHER WAS VMC AND WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. PILOT STATED THE TOUCHDOWN WAS VERY SMOOTH, AND AUTOSPOILERS WERE SLOW TO DEPLOY. IN ADDITION, HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN UNLOCKING THE THRUST REVERSERS. ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT, HE COULD NOT UNLOCK THE LEVERS TO THE REVERSE POSITION. SENSING THE REVERSERS WERE GOING TO UNLOCK ASYMMETRICALLY, THE PILOT RE-STOWED THE LEVER. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE REVERSERS DEPLOYED NORMALLY. THE PILOT REALIZED IT WAS TOO LATE TO INITIATE A GO-AROUND AND COMMENCED HEAVY BRAKING IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY AT ABOUT 10-15 MPH WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST ON A HARD PACKED LEVEL SURFACE. THE ONLY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS A BROKEN LANDING LIGHT.