McDuffie County Sheriff Department reported that
the pilot and copilot survived the crash. The
Hawker Beechcraft 390 overshot the runway and
crashed in the woods about a mile east of the
airport. The aircraft owners are listed as
Pavilion Group, LLC, of Delaware.
Thomson-McDuffie Regional Airport is the largest
general aviation facility in the Central
Savannah River Area (CSRA) which includes
13-counties region in the U.S. state of Georgia
and five counties. The airport has one runway,
10/28. The runway is 5503 feet long and 100 feet
wide.
Thomson-McDuffie County Sheriff Department
reported that the two pilots were taken to area
hospitals, their conditions are unknown at this
time and the names of those killed in the crash
were being withheld pending notification of
family members.
The Beechcraft Premier I is a light jet aircraft
made by the Beechcraft division of Hawker
Beechcraft.
The aircraft was designed to compete with the
Cessna CitationJet series of aircraft. The
aircraft is constructed with high-strength
composite, carbon fiber/epoxy honeycomb
fuselage. The powerplants are two turbo-fan
Williams International FJ44-2A engines. The
Premier I basic version, was introduced in 2001.
This aircraft was manufactured in 2007.
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