The privately operated Phenom 300, arriving from Milan’s Malpensa Airport with a single pilot and three passengers aboard, overflew the Blackbushe aerodrome, southwest of London, before circling to a left downwind for Runway 25.
Aftermath: A Question of Judgment
Key Takeaways:
- A Phenom 300 jet, flown by an experienced pilot, fatally crashed after overrunning a short runway at Blackbushe aerodrome, killing all four occupants.
- The pilot's approach was complicated by navigating mixed traffic (a slow microlight), leading him to fly unusually high and fast, compounded by numerous distracting aural alerts from various cockpit systems.
- Despite the approach being critically unstable (too high and too fast), the pilot became fixated on landing and failed to execute a go-around, resulting in an excessive touchdown speed and the fatal runway overrun.
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