Gulfstream Astra SPX, Atlanta, Sept. 14, 2007–The NTSB blamed the accident on the pilot’s failure to initiate a missed approach and his failure to touch
down properly while landing in rain. Contributing to the accident was the operator’s lack of standard operating procedures and inadequate maintenance of the windshield.
The twinjet was substantially damaged during a runway overrun
at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and the ATP-certified pilot sustained minor injuries. The pilot-in-command (PIC) of the flight was the flight department’s chief pilot. He had logged more than 10,000 flight hours, the majority of them in multiengine airplanes, including 2,200 hours in the Astra. He was in the right seat and was monitoring
the approach as the non-flying pilot. The other pilot, also a captain for the flight department and acting as the second-in-command (SIC), reported 16,042 hours of flight time, including more than 13,000 in multiengine airplanes and 1,500 hours in the Astra.
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