Diamond Jet off the runway at CGF.

[minimums]

Private jet slides off runway


Another reason not to go to CGF when the weather is poor, or good for that matter.

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Richmond Heights - A small private jet landing at Cuyahoga County Airport skidded about 150 feet off the runway about 5 p.m. Tuesday, coming to rest in snow-covered grass.

Two crew members and one passenger were aboard, but no one was hurt, said Steve Nagy, the airport manager.

The airport, which has about 200 landings and takeoffs a day, was shut down until the plane could be towed away. The aircraft slid off the 5,700-foot (only 5,101 feet) runway.

The jet, registered to Segrave Aviation of Kinston, N.C., had no visible damage, Nagy said.

 

[hawkerflyer]

Yikes. Isn't that the second Beechjet to go skiing at Cuyahoga ?

 

[ProFracPilot]

It was a Diamond that went off the runway today @ CGF - NOT a Beechjet. Among the differences, there are no T/R's on the Diamond.

 

[hawkercpt]

and yes, that is at least the second one that I know of. But this time it wasn't ours.

 

[guido411]

and yes, that is at least the second one that I know of. But this time it wasn't ours.

Whew! That's good news.

Sure seems like a rash of incidents/accidents lately. Usually don't these things happen in threes? It's been way more than that. We got gear collapsing, planes drving thru fog at 150 feet 3 miles from the runway, expensive metal running into inanimate objects. . ."our bird's HEADS are falling off!" "Yeah, but it was an old bird."

 

[wannab0133]

?

ProFracPilot,

A lot of diamonds(if not most) have tr's. Actually, there is very little difference between a straight 400 and diamond besides the engines. Actually nothing that would effect either airframe on a slippery runway. A 400A, 400, or diamond would act identical on a slippery runway. The only differences are engines and avionics(and maybe the fuel systems).

 

[SkywayFO]

The anti-skid is a lot worse on the Diamond. And I've seen very few Diamonds with TR. But I try not to look at them too much. If I'm around one I would be scared to be asked to fly one. So I go the other way.

 

[Texan Driver]

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001205X00136&key=1

This is the 2nd time this particular jet as gone off the end.

 

[getonit]

There have been some other negative postings about Segrave on here before, basically mgmt. pressuring pilots to fly into runways that aren't safe.

It is a whole lot easier to say NO, than to try and explain why you did something stupid.

 

[Some guy]

It must be difficult to land on those runways that are 150' long and 2 miles wide.