A Raytheon Premier 1 overran the runway and was destroyed at Blackbushe airfield, UK, on April 7.

The pilot of the privately-owned aircraft landed at Farnborough airfield to disembark his passengers before flying to Blackbushe.

BCA Blackbushe issued a statement following the crash: “Blackbushe’s own emergency services were in attendance immediately and the aircraft was made safe,” said a spokesman. “External emergency services were also in attendance quickly.

“The accident is subject to investigation and the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) are on site carrying this out. The nearby A30 main road was closed as the aircraft is adjacent to the road,” he added. The AAIB has confirmed that the aircraft was destroyed.

The Premier 1 was routinely based at PremiAir Aviation’s facility at Blackbushe. PremiAir commented: “The aircraft is understood to have been positioning to Blackbushe from nearby Farnborough on a private flight when the incident occurred.

“There was only the pilot on-board at the time,” said PremiAir, “and he walked away from the incident and has since been discharged from hospital after routine precautionary checks.”

This is the third Premier 1 incident involving runway overruns. The first two accidents, which were also free of injury, were caused by the failure of the lift-dump spoilers to deploy.

The FAA issued an airworthiness directive after the first accident, ordering Premier 1 operators in the US to replace landing-distance and landing-weight charts. The new charts reflect the increased landing distance without the deployment of the lift-dump spoilers.

Raytheon has developed a solution for the fault and has applied the fix to around 60 to 70 per cent of the Premier fleet. The company declined to comment on the incident until the AAIB report is published

but told EBAN that the aircraft

in question had received the lift-dump system fix.