PORTERVILLE, Calif. (FOX26) — A business jet overran the runway at Porterville Municipal Airport, crashed through a fence and crossed two roads before coming to rest in a field, leaving two pilots with minor injuries and four passengers unhurt.The accident happened Sept. 1, 2026, about 11:42 a.m. near Porterville, California.The aircraft was a Cessna 560XL, tail number N562JL, operating as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 business flight.A review of FAA-provided ADS-B data showed the airplane departe...
PORTERVILLE, Calif. (FOX26) — A business jet overran the runway at Porterville Municipal Airport, crashed through a fence and crossed two roads before coming to rest in a field, leaving two pilots with minor injuries and four passengers unhurt.
The accident happened Sept. 1, 2026, about 11:42 a.m. near Porterville, California.
The aircraft was a Cessna 560XL, tail number N562JL, operating as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 business flight.
A review of FAA-provided ADS-B data showed the airplane departed Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport in Oakland about 11:06 a.m. and flew southeast toward its planned destination, Porterville Municipal Airport.
The data showed the airplane reached a maximum cruise altitude of about 25,000 feet mean sea level.
As the jet approached Porterville, the pilot said that about 30 miles from the destination, a Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center controller cleared the flight to descend to 16,000 feet mean sea level, then to 9,000 feet, followed by a descent to 6,000 feet.
About 10 miles from Porterville Municipal Airport, the airplane was about 5,000 feet mean sea level and 250 knots, according to the pilot.
The controller then advised them of the airport’s location, and the pilot canceled the instrument flight rules clearance.
ADS-B data showed the airplane lined up for a final approach to Runway 12.
On about a 1-nautical-mile final approach, the airplane’s altitude was about 1,000 feet mean sea level and the groundspeed was about 245 knots.
The last data point, about 1,800 feet from the runway threshold, showed the airplane about 600 feet mean sea level with a groundspeed of about 234 knots.
On the visual straight-in approach, the airplane was estimated to cross the runway threshold between 225 and 250 knots and floated about a third to halfway down the runway.
Upon touchdown, the captain applied heavy braking, but the airplane continued down the 5,960-foot-long runway, exited the end of the runway, breached a fence, crossed two roads and came to rest in a field.
A post accident examination found the airplane’s wings sustained substantial damage.
The wreckage was recovered to a secure facility.