Accidents
First In-service HondaJet Incident: Overrun at MDW
The pilot and five passengers on board were not injured during the mishap.
After dodging thunderstorms on the flight from Philadelphia International Airport, the pilot of this HondaJet was unable to stop the aircraft on the asphalt surface of Midway’s 6,500-foot-long Runway 31C, which was wet at the time of the incident. (Photo: Rob Olewinski/AIN)
After dodging thunderstorms on the flight from Philadelphia International Airport, the pilot of this HondaJet was unable to stop the aircraft on the asphalt surface of Midway’s 6,500-foot-long Runway 31C, which was wet at the time of the incident. (Photo: Rob Olewinski/AIN)

HondaJet N20UQ suffered the type's first incident logged into the FAA’s Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system when it experienced a runway excursion on Wednesday afternoon at Chicago Midway Airport (MDW). The light jet was being operated under Part 135 using the callsign Rockstar 20. The pilot and five passengers were not injured during the mishap.