# Accident 20031118030239A: Amd FALCON50MYST, Windsor Locks, CT, November 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 18, 2003, 22:15 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IJ0A
- Location: 41.9389° N, 72.6831° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9389&lon=-72.6831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14CG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON50MYST
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,897 total, 3,116 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04IA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031118030239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N14CG DEPARTED BDL ON RUNWAY 33 AT 17:08 EST ON 11/18/03 FOR A PLANNED TRIP TO WHITE PLAINS, NY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A PART 135.299 FLIGHT CHECK. AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE BETWEEN 500 TO 600 FEET WHEN SMOKE WAS REPORTED IN THE CABIN AREA AT THE GALLEY. POWER TO THE GALLEY WAS SHUT OFF AND SMOKE SEEMED TO DIMINISH. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS WERE REMOVED FROM THE FORWARD LEFT CLOSET. MORE SMOKE EMANATED FROM GALLEY FOLLOWED BY BRIGHT WHITE BURNING PARTICLES BEING EXPELLED FROM THE COAT CLOSET. THE PARTICLES FROM THE COAT CLOSET WERE FOLLOWED BY FLAMES AND THE FIRE BOTTLE WAS USED WITH A SERIES OF SHORT BURST TO ATTEMPT EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE. THE FIRE DIMINISHED WHILE THE EXTINGUISHER WAS IN USE BUT RETURNED WHEN THE BOTTLE EMPTIED. ATC WAS ADVISED, AND AN EMERGENCY DECLARED, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO BDL RUNWAY 33 LANDING AT 17:12 EST. ENGINES AND ELECTRICAL POWER WERE SHUT DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT EVACUATED, TWO PILOTS AND ONE CHECK AIRMAN EVACUATED THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR, AND TWO PASSENGER EVACUATED THROUGH THE RIGHT SIDE EMERGENCY EXIT. ALL PERSONS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND FIRE PERSONNEL DIRECTED TO FIRE LOCATION. THE O2 BOTTLE WAS TURNED OFF BY FIRE PERSONNEL AND FIR EXTINGUISHED.

## 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 NYC04IA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04IA037), Nov 18, 2003: Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50 (N14CG), Windsor Locks, CT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: An in-flight fire, originating from electrical arcing, which subsequently created a hole in an oxygen line.

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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