# Accident 20131015021399A: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500, Wichita, KS, October 15, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 15, 2013, 19:02 local time - Place: Wichita, KS - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: E07A - Location: 37.7478° N, 97.2211° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7478&lon=-97.2211&mi=10 - Aircraft: N610AS (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: EMBRAER-EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE EMB-500 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW617F-E - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA008) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131015021399A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON OCTOBER 15, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1902 LOCAL (0002 UTC), AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT-RATED PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) AND EQUALLY RATED SECOND-IN-COMMAND (SIC), WERE INVOLVED IN AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE RUNWAY SURFACE DURING LANDING ROLL-OUT AT THE COLONEL JAMES JABARA AIRPORT (KAAO), WICHITA, KANSAS. THE AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT IS AN EMBRAER EMB-500 PHENOM 100, WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A 14 CFR PART 135 AIR CARRIER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT; KAAO ASOS REPORTED CLEAR SKIES, TEN STATUTE MILES OF VISIBILITY AND SURFACE WINDS FROM 320 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. THIS REPOSITIONING FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KMKC), KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI; THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 91.THIS FLIGHT WAS DISPATCHED WITH TWO QUALIFIED AIRMEN; THE AIRMAN, WHO WAS ALSO THE PIC FOR THIS FLIGHT, WAS FULFILLING THE ROLE OF PILOT-NOT-FLYING (PNF) OR PILOT MONITORING (PM), WHILE THE SIC, WHO HOLDS THE APPROPRIATE PIC TYPE RATING, WAS THE PILOT FLYING (PF). FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THE NEWLY RATED SIC TO GAIN VALUABLE AIRCRAFT OPERATING EXPERIENCE, THE PIC AND SIC MUTUALLY AGREED TO HAVE THE SIC OCCUPY THE LEFT SEAT WHILE THE EXPERIENCED PIC WOULD ASSUME THE PNF DUTIES FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. DURING THE PRE-DEPARTURE BRIEFING BOTH THE PIC AND SIC DISCUSSED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE SIC?S FIRST FLIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT AS ALL PREVIOUS TRAINING WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SIMULATOR. ACCORDING TO THE AIRMEN?S STATEMENTS, THE FLIGHT FROM KMKC TO KAAO WAS UNEVENTFUL. PRIOR TO THE APPROACH AND LANDING, BOTH THE PIC AND SIC BRIEFED THE GPS RWY 36 INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND FURTHER DISCUSSED ANY CONCERNS THAT THE PF HAD WITH REGARDS TO THE AIRCRAFT?S HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND BRAKING NUANCES UPON TOUCHDOWN. THE FINAL APPROACH SEGMENT WAS UNEVENTFUL; THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROPRIATELY CONFIGURED FOR LANDING, OPERATING AT ITS PUBLISHED APPROACH REFERENCE SPEED UNTIL LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN, BOTH THE PIC AND SIC RECALL THAT FULL BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED BY THE PF. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS APPLICATION, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DEVIATE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE. THE PF IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A CONTROL INPUT WITH THE RIGHT RUDDER TO CORRECT THE DEVIATION; THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY BEGAN TO DEVIATE LATERALLY. WITH EACH CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUT THE AIRCRAFT?S DEVIATION FROM THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE BECAME MORE EXCESSIVE. THE OVER-CORRECTION BY THE PF ALSO CAUSED EXCESSIVE SIDE-LOADING ON THE AIRCRAFT?S LANDING GEAR AND TIRES. THIS CONTINUOUS SIDE-LOADING RESULTED IN THE CONSTANT SKIDDING OF THE AIRCRAFT?S THREE TIRES UNTIL IT VACATED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT VACATING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT?S LONGITUDINAL AXIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE; THE EXCESSIVE SIDE LOADING AND TIRE SKIDDING INEVITABLY CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT?S FORWARD-SKIDDING MOTION, COMBINED WITH EXCESSIVE SIDE-LOADING CAUSED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATOR ARM TO FOLD UP INTO THE LEFT WING AND PUNCTURE THROUGH THE UPPER SKIN STRUCTURE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED AS THE AIRCRAFT?S LEFT MAIN GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED INTO THE WING STRUCTURE. A POST-ACCIDENT REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT?S BRAKE-BY-WIRE CONTROL UNIT AND FLIGHT DATA RECORDER INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT EXPERIENCE A BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE NOR DID ANY ANOMALIES TRANSPIRE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AS EVIDENCED BY THE LACK OF SYSTEM-SPECIFIC CREW-ALERTING SYSTEM (CAS) MESSAGES. REVIEW OF THE BRAKE CONTROL UNIT DATA INDICATES THAT THE AIRCRAFT?S BRAKES WERE NEVER RELEASED FROM THEIR INITIAL APPLICATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE PF REMAINED ON THE FLIGHT CONTROLS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT. ALTHOUGH AN ATTEMPT WAS INITIATED TO RELINQUISH AIRCRAFT CONTROL TO PIC/PNF, THIS INEVITABLY DID NOT TRANSPIRE. THE PIC AND SIC WERE UNINJURED; NO PASSENGERS WERE ON-BOARD. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB CEN14LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA008), Oct 16, 2013: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 (N610AS), Wichita, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper brake application during landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control. From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.