# Accident 19800130005519A: Amd FALCON10, Chicago, IL, January 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1980, 15:49 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Meigs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N253K-1980-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault-Breguet FALCON 10 (registry code 2730101, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-breguet-falcon-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON10
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,454 total, 1,163 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80AA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80AA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800130005519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNABLE TO REACH VR SPEED. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY INTO LAKE. FOUND BRAKES HAD BEEN OVERHEATED,POSSIBLY ON FOR TAKEOFF

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI80AA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80AA024), Jan 30, 1980: Falcon 10 (N253K), Chicago, IL, destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N253K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780317013619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317013619I), Mar 17, 1978: Amd FALCON10 (N253K), Albany, NY. Engine shut down due to loss of oil. Problem traced to a split "o" ring on the dip stick.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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