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Crash of a Dassault Falcon 10 in White Plains
Date & Time:
Jun 30, 1997
Registration:
N10YJ
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
57
YOM:
1975
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
6784
Circumstances:
On approach to White Plains-Westchester County Airport, the crew noted a left main gear unsafe light. The gear was recycled and the crew agreed with ATC to perform a low pass to check the gear. Few minutes later, upon landing, the left main gear collapsed. All four occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
No investigations were conducted on this event.
Crash of a Dassault Falcon 10 in Madrid
Date & Time:
Sep 27, 1996 at 1946 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F-GJMA
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Chailley - Madrid
MSN:
116
YOM:
1978
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total hours on type:
350.00
Copilot / Total hours on type:
1950
Aircraft flight hours:
6917
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful charter flight from Chailley, the aircraft landed on runway 33 at 1942LT with two passengers and two pilots on board. Just behind the Falcon 10 landed on same runway 33 a Boeing 727-223 registered EI-HCD and operated by Hunting Cargo Airlines. With four people on board, the B727 completed a cargo flight from Porto. Both aircraft vacated the runway at taxiway K-1 but the Falcon 10 used a taxiway parallel to the one which EI-HCD was using while heading for the apron. At the intersection of taxiways A-8 and M-8 both aircraft collided. While the B727 suffered minor damages, the Falcon 10 was damaged beyond repair and its four occupants escaped uninjured, among them the French actor Gérard Depardieu.
Probable cause:
As a result of the aircraft F-GJMA rolling onto the outer taxiway and lost separation with EI-HCD for not having followed the initial instructions from the control tower, and that the latter was moving too fast on Taxiway A, from a certain point the two aircraft started rolling almost in parallel. When the ground controller realized the situation it was too late to avoid the collision between the two aircraft in the incorporation of the outer taxiway and Taxiway A.
Final Report:
Crash of a Dassault Falcon 10 in Offenburg: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 8, 1996 at 0940 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-CBUR
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Munich - Offenburg
MSN:
98
YOM:
1977
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Aircraft flight hours:
5797
Circumstances:
On approach to Offenburg Airport runway 02, the crew encountered limited visibility due to low clouds. Under VFR mode in IMC conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed in a hilly terrain located about 7,2 km southeast of runway 02 threshold, near Friesenheim. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain after the crew continued the approach under VFR mode in IMC conditions until the aircraft impacted terrain.
