# Accident 20190815014259A: Textron Aviation Inc 680A, Elizabethon, TN, August 15, 2019 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 15, 2019, 15:38 local time - Place: Elizabethon, TN - Airport: Elizabethton Municipal - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.3672° N, 82.1817° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3672&lon=-82.1817&mi=10 - Aircraft: N8JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8JR-2019-10-23) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Textron 680A (registry code 2076814, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-680a) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306D (registry code 52041, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306d) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 680A - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW306D - People aboard: 5 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 765 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA248) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190815014259A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON AUGUST 15, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1537 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME A CESSNA 680A REGISTRATION MARKING OF N8JR, OVERRAN RUNWAY 24 AT ELIZABETHTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (0A9) WHICH IS LOCATED IN ELIZABETHTON, TENNESSEE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND SUSTAINED A MINOR SCRAPE TO HIS HEAD AND THE CO-PILOT ESCAPED INJURIES. ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED MINOR BACK STRAIN. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND CAUGHT FIRE WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BE DESTROYED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO JRM AIR LLC AND OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR SUB-PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE STATESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT (SVH) LOCATED IN STATESVILLE, NC AND DEPARTED AT APPROXIMATELY 1520. THE PILOTS STATED THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE. THEY ATTEMPTED TO SALVAGE THE LANDING BUT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN, AT SOME POINT IN THIS ATTEMPT THE PILOTS STATED THEY DEPLOYED THRUST REVERSERS, THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER DID NOT SHOW ACTIVATION OF REVERSERS. THOUGH CONTINUATION OF LANDING ATTEMPTS INCLUDED THRUST REVERSERS, (FLIGHT DATA RECORDER SHOWS NO INDICATION OF THRUST REVERSERS BEING DEPLOYED) FULL THROTTLE WAS APPLIED BUT PILOTS STATED THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT GO. THEY NOSE THE AIRCRAFT OVER AND FORCED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY, THIS RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT TRACKED THE CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY AND UPON REACHING THE GRASS RUNOFF THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED AT 70KTS STRIKING THE AIRPORT FENCING, OVER A DITCH, AND ENDED UP ON THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY. ## 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 ERA19FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA248), Aug 15, 2019: Textron 680A (N8JR), Elizabethton, TN, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's continuation of an unstabilized approach despite recognizing associated cues and the flight crew's decision not to initiate a go-around before touchdown, which resulted in a bounced… 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.