[JYO] Raytheon Business Jet Rescued From Runway Overrun

Raytheon Business Jet  Rescued From Runway Overrun
 
(http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/RaytheonBusinessJetRescuedFromRunwayOverrun_197173-1.html)
 The Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Va., (JYO)  
was closed for nearly two days last week after a Raytheon 390 Premier 1 
business  jet slid off the end of an ice-slicked runway on Tuesday night. No 
injuries 
were  reported. While it normally takes just a few hours at the most to tow a 
disabled  aircraft onto a flatbed truck and haul it out of the way, this 
rescue turned  into a major production, hence the two-day headache for local 
pilots. The jet  was wrapped in a special sling sent from the factory and 
lifted 
out of the ditch  using construction cranes. A Hawker-Beechcraft spokesman told 
AVweb that  the extraordinary extraction method was necessary to preserve the 
jet’s  underbelly, since its landing gear was damaged as it slid into the 
ditch. Around  the time of the incident, nearby Dulles International Airport 
reported winds out  of the north at six knots with three miles’ visibility in 
freezing rain and  mist, with broken clouds at 500 feet. The aircraft, N16DK, 
was 
arriving from the  Beech Factory Airport in Wichita. The FAA's preliminary 
report lists the damage  to the aircraft as substantial. 
More Photos at: 
_http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1054-full.html#197179_ 
(http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1054-full.html#197179) 
 
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