On January 21, 1981, at 0844 e.s.t., a Georgia-Pacific Corp. Cessna Citation, N501GP, with the pilot, the copilot, and three passengers aboard, overran the end of runway 23, following an instrument landing system (ILS) approach, crashed, and burned at the Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, West Virginia. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the pilot's attempt to land on a slush covered runway with insufficient stopping distance available, and his delayed initiation of a go-around which resulted in there being insufficient runway available to complete the maneuver successfully.


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    Title :

    Aircraft Accident Report--Georgia Pacific Corporation, Cessna 500 Citation, N501GP Mercer County Airport, Bluefield, West Virginia, January 21, 1981


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    34 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English