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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 · Gaithersburg, MD · December 8, 2014

Date: December 8, 2014 · 10:41 local
Place: Gaithersburg, MD
Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N100EQ
NTSB investigation: NTSBDCA15MA029
Reported as: Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-E
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 3
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total

N100EQRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Embraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500S/N 50000082 · Built 2009 Airframe modelEmbraer-Empresa Brasileira De EMB-500 Engine modelPratt & Whitney Canada PW617F-ETurbo-fan

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What happened

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On December 8, 2014, about 1041 eastern standard time, the Embraer EMB-500 ?phenom? Business jet, impacted trees and residential homes about 4,000 feet from runway 14 at the

Montgomery County Airpark (gai) in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Marginal visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The airline transport rated pilot and both passengers on board were fatally injured in the crash, three individuals, a mother and her two young children, who were in one of

The homes impacted by the accident airplane, were fatally injured. The flight had departed from horace williams airport (igx) in chapel hill, north carolina and was destined to gai. An instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 code of federal regulations part 91 personal flight. Airman did have two previous adverse action eirs and one 44709 re-exam not related to this accident.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECEMBER 8, 2014, ABOUT 1041 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, THE EMBRAER EMB-500 ?PHENOM? BUSINESS JET, IMPACTED TREES AND RESIDENTIAL HOMES ABOUT 4,000 FEET FROM RUNWAY 14 AT THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI) IN GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND. MARGINAL VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS ON BOARD WERE FATALLY INJURED IN THE CRASH, THREE INDIVIDUALS, A MOTHER AND HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, WHO WERE IN ONE OF

THE HOMES IMPACTED BY THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE, WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED FROM HORACE WILLIAMS AIRPORT (IGX) IN CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA AND WAS DESTINED TO GAI. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. AIRMAN DID HAVE TWO PREVIOUS ADVERSE ACTION EIRS AND ONE 44709 RE-EXAM NOT RELATED TO THIS ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DCA15MA029Accident · 6 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportGaithersburg, MDthe pilot's conduct of an approach in structural icing conditions without turning on the airplane's wing and horizontal stabilizer deice system, leading to ice accumulation on those surfaces, and without using the appropriate landing performance speeds for…Dec 8, 2014 · Destroyed