NONE · Eclipse Aviation Corporation EA500 · 2008-06-05 · Chicago, IL, USA
Event
NTSB number
CHI08IA152
Event ID
20080612X00845
Type
Incident
Date
2008-06-05
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Coordinates
41.785831, -87.752502
Injuries
Highest injury
NONE
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
4
Total aboard
4
Aircraft
Make
Eclipse Aviation Corporation
Model
EA500
Registration
N612KB
FAR Part
091
Engines
2
Damage
—
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The airplane manufacturer's inadequate software design requirements of the engine's full authority digital electronic controls (FADEC) fault logic that resulted in a simultaneous unrecoverable loss of thrust control on both engines when the FADEC's input data values exceeded specified ranges during the approach. Contributing to the incident was the Federal Aviation Administration's failure to recognize and correct this condition during the certification of the airplane.