Crash of a Honda HA-420 HondaJet in Summerville

Date & Time: May 18, 2023 at 0008 LT
Type of aircraft:
Registration:
N255HJ
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Wilkesboro – Summerville
MSN:
420-00055
YOM:
2017
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After touchdown on wet runway 24 at Summerville Airport, the airplane is believed to have hydroplaned. Unable to stop within the remaining distance (runway 24 is 5,000 feet long), it overran and came to rest against a berm, bursting into flames. All five occupants evacuated safely while the airplane was destroyed by a post crash fire.