Crispy.

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Originally posted by az4783054:
Hard to believe they all survived...

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/n...hardt-182852415.html

They were all out of the plane seconds after it stopped - it didn't burn to the ground until after they were out.

Here it is after crashing, appears that the door isn't open yet.



A bit later the door seems to be ajar, indicating the crew / passengers have exited. While it's on fire, it's not engulfed or burnt to a crisp (yet).

I understand that they got out before the fire, but the crash itself looks like it should have resulted in injuries. Amazing.

They're Nascar people, they're used to a bumpy ride. hehehehehe

They're VERY lucky they got out as fast as they did and are alive.

Haven't seen the video but one account I heard said the plane first touched down with only 60% of the runway left.

Unless there was some sort of Inflight Emergency that hasn't been reported which mitigates (somewhat) the shitting landing - the indication of a 'bounce' / 'double bounce' landing followed by gear failure => Pilot Error as the sole cause of the accident.

Someone is going to be looking for a new line of work soon.

Me thinks Jr may have been at the stick??

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Originally posted by 104RFAST:
Me thinks Jr may have been at the stick??

Lol, then 2 pilots out of jobs and Jr owing the company a brand new Citation and damages for loss of use / etc (assuming this wasn't his plane).

They can take it out of his paycheck at sixteen dollars a week. No problem.

NASCAR has had a bit of tragedy with aircraft.
Alan Kulwicki
Davey Allison
Hendricks family.

Roush has crashed twice, survived both.
Rick Hendricks and wife crashed in 2011 and survived.

Junior Johnson and others were in a crash and survived a while back. I can’t find info on it.

Found it.
JJ plane cash

^^^^^^^ The video of Rousch crashing his plane while hotdogging around is amazing that onlookers and he were not killed.

Preliminary NTSB reporting a gear failure. That couldn’t have been fun after that happened. I’m glad they all got out ok. You can replace an airplane.

Preliminary NTSB report out. They bounced 3 times, attempted a go-around after second bounce.



Link to preliminary report:

https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenera...Type=Prelim&IType=FA

On August 15, 2019, about 1537 eastern daylight time, a Textron Aviation Inc. 680A, N8JR,
was destroyed during a runway excursion after landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport
(0A9), Elizabethton, Tennessee. The airline transport-rated pilot and copilot were not injured.
The three passengers sustained minor injuries. The airplane was registered to JRM Air LLC
and operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a business
flight. Day, visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the
flight. The flight originated at Statesville Regional Airport (SVH), Statesville, North Carolina at
1519 and was destined for 0A9.
According to the flight crew, the flight departed SVH under visual flight rules and climbed to
12,500 ft. No air traffic control services were requested. The preflight, departure, and en route
portions of the flight were routine. Approaching 0A9, the crew announced their intentions to
land on runway 24 via the airport's common traffic advisory frequency.
Airport surveillance video captured the initial touchdown, which occurred near the runway
touchdown zone, and portions of the accident sequence. The airplane bounced twice, then
continued airborne down runway 24 until it touched down a third time with about 1,000 ft of
paved surface remaining. The video revealed that the right main landing gear collapsed and the
outboard section of the right wing contacted the runway shortly after the third touchdown. The
airplane departed the paved surface beyond the runway 24 departure end threshold, through
an open area of grass, down an embankment, through a chain-link fence, and up an
embankment, coming to rest on the edge of Tennessee Highway 91.
The pilots' account of the landing was generally consistent with the video. The pilots also
reported that, following the second bounce, a go-around was attempted; however, the airplane
did not respond as expected, so they landed straight-ahead on the runway and could not stop
the airplane prior to the excursion. After the airplane came to a stop, the flight crew secured
the engines and assisted the passengers with the evacuation. The main entry door was utilized
to exit the airplane. A postaccident fire was in progress during the evacuation.
The airplane came to rest upright, on a true heading of 285º. The fuselage aft of the main entry
door, the right wing, and the empennage were consumed by the postaccident fire. The left main

and nose landing gear were separated from the airframe during the impact sequence. The right
main landing gear remained under the right wing and was heavily fire damaged.
The airplane, also known as the Citation Latitude, was a low wing, cruciform tail design with
twin, fuselage-mounted Pratt and Whitney Canada 360D turbofan engines. It was equipped
with two cockpit seats and nine passenger seats. The airplane was built in 2015 and the owner
purchased the airplane new. The total time of the airframe was about 1,165 hours. The
maximum takeoff weight was 31,025 lbs. The cockpit, which was undamaged by fire, was
equipped with a Garmin G5000 advanced integrated flight deck (flat screen displays and touch
screen controls) that recorded numerous flight and systems parameters. The data was
successfully downloaded following the accident. The airplane was also equipped with a cockpit
voice recorder (CVR). The CVR was damaged by the postaccident fire and was sent to the NTSB
Vehicle Recorders Laboratory, Washington, DC for examination and download.
The pilot, seated in the left cockpit seat and acting as the flying pilot and pilot-in-command,
held an airline transport pilot certificate and a type rating in the accident airplane. He reported
5,800 hours total flight experience, including 765 hours in the accident airplane. His latest
recurrent training occurred in October 2018.
The copilot, seated in the right cockpit seat, held an airline transport pilot certificate and a type
rating in the accident airplane. He reported 11,000 hours total flight experience, including
1,165 hours in the accident airplane. His latest recurrent training occurred in October 2018.
The reported weather at 0A9 at 1535 included calm wind, 10 miles visibility, scattered clouds at
4,700 and 5,500 ft, broken clouds at 7,000 ft, and altimeter setting 29.97 inches of mercury.
The wreckage was retained for further examination.