# Incident 20051004031889I: Amd FALCON20C5, Ithaca, NY, October 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2005, 05:50 local time
- Place: Ithaca, NY
- Airport: Tompkins County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BJYA
- Location: 42.4439° N, 76.5031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ithaca, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4439&lon=-76.5031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N201BR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N201BR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault-Breguet MYSTERE FALCON 20-C5 (registry code 2730107, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-breguet-mystere-falcon-20-c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON20C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051004031889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2005, 0550 EDT, A DASSAULT-BREGUET MYSTERE FALCON 20-C5, S/N 166, OPERATED BY TAUGHANNOCK AVIATION CORPORATION EXPERIENCED FUMES IN THE CABIN/COCKPIT, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 14 AT THE TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT (KITH), IN ITHACA, NEW YORK. THE LOCAL ARRF RESPONDED WHILE THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED BACK TO THE RAMP. THE AIRPORT FIRE RESCUE CREW OPENED THE REAR AIRCRAFT SERVICE BAY AND DISSIPATED THE HALON EXTINGUISHING AGENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT, AND FOUND THE SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE NUMBER SA 1215SO, TO REPLACE EXISTING NICKEL CADMIUM BATTERIES WITH GILL BB638/T SERIES LEAD-ACID BATTERIES WAS INSTALLED, AND FOUND THE LEFT SIDE BATTERY MELTED DUE TO THE FACT THAT ITS LOCATION WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE AIRCRAFT APU EXHAUST DUCT. THE AIRCRAFT IS PRESENTLY UNDERGOING INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED, BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE TOMPKINS COUNTY AIRPORT (KITH) NY ON OCTOBER 4, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 0545 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.