Embraer EMB-500 accident near Gaithersburg, MD
On December 8, 2014, an Embraer EMB-500 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Gaithersburg, MD. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 8, 2014
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD
- Aircraft
- Embraer EMB-500 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.180°N, 77.181°W
- NTSB ID
- 20141208X40306
Official records · DCA15MA029
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- ATC Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Factual Report - Attachment 1: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Factual Report - Attachment 2: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Factual Report - Attachment 3: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC Factual Report - Attachment 4: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The NTSB's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/AccidentReports.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-16/01. On December 8, 2014, about 1041 eastern standard time, an Embraer EMB-500 airplane (marketed as the Phenom 100), N100EQ, registered to and operated by Sage Aviation LLC, crashed while on approach to runway 14 at Montgomery County Airpark (GAI), Gaithersburg, Maryland. The airplane impacted three houses and the ground about 3/4 mile from the approach end of the runway. A postcrash fire involving the airplane and one of the three houses, which contained three occupants, ensued. The pilot, the two passengers, and the three people in the house died as a result of the accident. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The flight was operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Probable cause
the pilot's conduct of an approach in structural icing conditions without turning on the airplane's wing and horizontal stabilizer deice system, leading to ice accumulation on those surfaces, and without using the appropriate landing performance speeds for the weather conditions and airplane weight, as indicated in the airplane's standard operating procedures, which together resulted in an aerodyn
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
