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ERA23LA176

2023-04-01 · Wall Township, New Jersey, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport BLM

Current FAA registration · N85AV

Make / Model
CESSNA 750
Year of manufacture
1999 · 24 years old at event
Engine
ROLLS-ROYC AE 3007C
Seats / Engines
12 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
20220728
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ABA513

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilots’ loss of directional control while landing in gusting wind conditions which resulted in a runway excursion. Also contributing was the flight crew’s decision to land at an airport where there was a rapidly approaching severe thunderstorm.

Factual narrative

The flight crew of the business jet reported that after touching down on runway centerline the airplane was struck by a gust of wind from the right. They were able to keep the airplane on the runway centerline but were subsequently struck by another more powerful gust, which pushed the airplane off the left side of the runway. The runway excursion resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage and left wing. A posaccident review of weather radar data showed that a severe thunderstorm (for which a tornado warning had been issued) was present to the west of the airport and was rapidly moving east. There was a convective SIGMET valid for the airport at the time of the accident. The pilot-in-command reported checking relevant weather information before the flight, that the airplane was equipped with an operational onboard weather radar system, and that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained
  • — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Gusts-Effect on operation
  • — Personnel issues-Action/decision-Info processing/decision-Decision making/judgment-Flight crew
  • — Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Convective weather-Thunderstorm-Decision related to condition

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_ERA23LA176.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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