A CommuteAir regional jet operating as United Express Flight 4339 overran the runway during landing at Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport (ROA) late last month on Sept. 24. The landing occurred in heavy rain and low visibility despite two go-around calls by the flight’s first officer, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).

The Embraer EMB-145XR came to rest in the airport’s engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) at the end of Runway 34. All 53 people aboard, including three CommuteAir crew members and 50 passengers, escaped without injury. The aircraft sustained only minor damage.

The flight, part of a four-day crew rotation, had already experienced two maintenance-related deplanings before departing more than two hours late,

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