Accidents
AAIB Reports on UK Phenom 300 Accident
Four died in the overrun accident at Blackbushe airport.

The Embraer Phenom 300 that overran the runway at Blackbushe Airport in southern England on July 31 received multiple pull up warnings from its terrain awareness warning system (Taws) before touching down far beyond the threshold of the 3,474-foot runway with 1,437 feet of pavement remaining, according to the UK’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) preliminary report, published on August 6. The accident destroyed the Saudi Arabian-registered jet (HZ-IBN), inbound from Milan, Italy, and claimed the lives of all four people on board–the 57-year-old 11,000-hour pilot and three passengers, which included members of Osama Bin Laden’s extended family.
The weather was good VFR, with visibility better than six miles, light wind and no low clouds.