What happened
During the takeoff roll, the aircraft accelerated as expected, with the flight crew performing standard callouts for V1 and rotation. However, as the captain attempted to pull back on the control column to initiate rotation, the controls failed to respond. The pilot reported that the control column felt frozen and immobile. Both the pilot flying and the first officer attempted to manually pull back on the controls, but the aircraft failed to rotate.
Following the lack of response from the flight controls, the first officer called for an aborted takeoff. The crew reduced thrust to idle, applied the brakes, and deployed the thrust reversers. Despite these efforts, the aircraft overran the departure end of the runway. The plane proceeded through the airport's perimeter fence and across a nearby road, eventually striking trees and electrical distribution lines. The sequence ended in a pasture, where a fire broke out following the impact.
All passengers and the four crewmembers successfully evacuated the aircraft. The incident resulted in two serious injuries and one minor injury. The aircraft was destroyed by the fire.
Findings
Post-accident interviews and cockpit voice recorder data indicate that the primary issue occurred during the rotation phase, where the flight controls became unresponsive to the pilots' inputs.