Date: | Thursday 29 June 1989 |
Time: | 00:04 |
Type: | Dassault Falcon 20DC |
Owner/operator: | Phoenix Air |
Registration: | N125CA |
MSN: | 208 |
Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
Total airframe hrs: | 13547 hours |
Engine model: | General Electric CF700-2D2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km N of Cartersville Airport, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
Departure airport: | Cartersville Airport, GA (KVPC) |
Destination airport: | Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Impacted trees, while in a shallow, left descending turn shortly after takeoff from runway 36 at night. The Falcon hit a powerline support tower before coming to rest.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to assure that the aircraft maintained a climb profile after takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, the crew's lack of visual perception at night, the PIC's lack of rest (fatigue), and the copilot's failure to attain remedial action."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | ATL89FA171 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 12 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 15 August 1974
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