PSA runs off runway during a aborted takeoff at CRW!

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Years a ago a drug ring wanted to up its load out of CRW so they switched from a king air type to a DC4 or 6. Too much pot, too heavy and the aircraft went over the edge and down......

Any details?

 

[crj567]

Years a ago a drug ring wanted to up its load out of CRW so they switched from a king air type to a DC4 or 6. Too much pot, too heavy and the aircraft went over the edge and down......

Any details?

VERY Fortunate!

I sure am glad this ended well-
This sucker has only been there for a couple of years...
http://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=6279

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Glad the outcome was everyone is safe!!! A very worthwhile investment!

 

[asurjc]

Is the EMAS part of the stopway? How'd they get into the EMAS?

Do the ACARS numbers keep you out of the EMAS if you stomp on it at V1-1kt?

I'm under the impression that depending on your performance vendor, yes the EMAS area may be considered part of a 'clearway' or 'stopway' and therefore be usable in factoring accelerate-stop numbers. Maybe you even get a little extra because of being able to sink into the porous concrete like they did and stop far quicker than if it were just plain runway surface. Who knows?

 

[JimmyKool]

EMAS cannot be considered when calculating balance field length....remember accelerate stop distance is not the same thing.

 

[PoorJetDriver]

I thought the NAS was paid for by user fees, taxes on tickets, fuel etc...

 

[sweptback]

EMAS cannot be considered when calculating balance field length....remember accelerate stop distance is not the same thing.

Aerodata from what I understand doesn't care about balanced field length.

 

[rchcfi]

Listened to the ATC feed and it sounds like it might have been bird ingestion.

 

[SLUF4]

EMAS should be at the end of every runway; think of all the runway overruns we've had in the last few years. Southwest, Pinnacle, Shuttle America, American, ASA-seems like every airline has had at least one. And also you have the learjet accident in CAE that overran at a high speed so it may not have helped with that one. Too bad it costs so much

 

[Dubya]

Mesa sucks.