On April 18, 2004, at 1531 eastern daylight time, a LearJet 55 twin-engine airplane, N355UJ, was substantially damaged during a hard landing following an aborted take-off from La Romana Airport, in the Dominican Republic. The airline transport pilot, first officer, and 6 passengers were not injured. The airplane, serial number 033, was owned and operated by Bombardier Capital Corporation, of Colchester, Vermont. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the business flight for which an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight was departing La Romana International Airport, La Romana, Dominican Republic, with Wilmington, North Carolina, as its intended destination.

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