Liveleak.com - Cessna Citation Jet Skids off Runway after Brake Failure. Unlike a vehicle that stops normally in the event of an ABS failure, not so on the Citation Jet. Because the antiskid servo valve is electrically controlled, there is no braking ability without electrical power.

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[–]Intuit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Just awful.

Being filmed vertically, that is.

[–]tomatosplat 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yay! Put all ur braking eggs in one electrical basket

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well... any landing you can walk away from.... ;]

Jokes aside, it wasn't as bad as I imagined from the headline. Pilot had good control of it and had already slowed down quite a bit. Thinking about it, I wonder if this design isn't better. If the brakes defaulted to on when power broke then it seems they would likely break off when landing.