Accident Dassault Falcon 20E N27R,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329285
 

Date:Friday 12 November 1976
Time:08:57
Type:Silhouette image of generic FA20 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Dassault Falcon 20E
Owner/operator:Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Registration: N27R
MSN: 303
Year of manufacture:1974
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Naples Airport, FL (APF) -   United States of America
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Naples Airport, FL (APF/KAPF)
Destination airport:Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC (INT/KINT)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Crashed when both engines lost power on takeoff following birdstrike (seagulls).

PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: failure to provide adeq.directives,manual,equipment
FACTOR(S):
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: failure to notify of unsafe cond/and or failure to mark obstruction
powerplant - miscellaneous: bird ingestion

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: MIA77FA007
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Images:


photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX); June 1974

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