Embraer Phenom 100 Crashes into Gaithersburg Home

An Embraer Phenom 100 crashed into a house yesterday morning during an approach to Runway 14 at Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Md., killing all three people on board and three more on the ground. The accident occurred a half mile from the airport, according to an FAA preliminary report. Witnesses interviewed by local newspapers reported that the light jet–N100EQ, registered to Sage Aviation–appeared “wobbly” and was at a low altitude before it crashed into the house.