Citation VII Experiences Control Problems   - February 5, 2012,
3:35 AM  The NTSB has issued a preliminary report on a Dec. 28,
2011, incident in which a Cessna Citation VII was substantially
damaged when it departed the runway during an emergency landing
at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) and crashed into an
airport perimeter fence. The Citation had just departed from FXE
on a Part 91 flight to Teterboro, N.J. when, according to the
crew, they began experiencing “extreme” difficulty in
controlling the aircraft. The captain reported that he needed to
apply “a little left control” before the Citation entered a slow
right turn that he could not stop. The first officer estimated
that the aircraft’s maximum roll angle approached 90 degrees of
bank, and he noted there were no warning lights or advisories in
the cockpit during the event.  Using rudder and asymmetric
thrust, the captain was able to prevent the aircraft from
rolling over. He maneuvered the twinjet back to FXE and lined it
up on a runway for w