At least three people were killed on 8 December in the first fatal accident involving the Embraer Phenom 100 while it appeared to be on the final approach path to an airport in Maryland.

The Phenom 100, registered to Sage Aviation, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, appeared to be landing at the Montgomery County Airpark in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

The six-place business jet crashed into one house and damaged two others.

All three people on board the aircraft were killed. Three others living inside one house remain missing.

The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.

Embraer has delivered more than 300 Phenom 100s since the type was certificated in 2008 with no fatal incidents until 8 December.

Source: FlightGlobal.com