Full Narrative
On August 6, 2012, at 1540 UTC, an Embraer 505 Phenom 300, Moroccan registration CN-MBR, owned and operated by Dalia Air, Morocco, was substantially damaged when it departed the runway and impacted a fence at the St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (LSZR), Liechtenstein, Switzerland. The two pilots and one passenger on board were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The foreign, non-scheduled cross-country flight departed Geneve-Cointrin Airport, Geneva, Switzerland, about 1500.
The airplane landed on runway 10 but overshot the runway, broke through a fence and came to a standstill in a field.
The reported weather at LSZR at the time of the accident was wind variable at 1 knot, 6,000 feet scattered, ceiling 8,000 feet broken, 10 miles visibility, light rain, temperature 18 degrees Celsius (C), dew point 16 degrees C, pressure 1017 mb.
The flight control electronics and flap system parts were retained and tested at Parker Hannifin Corporation, Irvine, California, on January 16, 2013.
This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Switzerland. Any further information regarding the investigation can be obtained from the Swiss Accident Investigation Board at:
Swiss Accident Investigation Board
Aviation Division
Aeropole 1, Route de Morens, 1530 Payerne
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 26 662 33 33
Facsimile: +41 26 662 33 01
E-mail: [email protected]
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