# Accident 20070610012219A: Amd FALCON900, Santa Barbara, CA, June 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2007, 14:15 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4261° N, 119.8403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4261&lon=-119.8403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N914DD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON900
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 398 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070610012219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ABORTED TAKEOFF AFTER SUSPECTED CONTROL FAILURE. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO END OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED END OF RUNWAY AND SHEARED OFF NOSE LANDING GEAR. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS BEYOND END OF RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION HAS INDICATED THAT AIRCRAFT EXCEEDED GROSS WEIGHT LIMITS AT TIME OF TAKEOFF. OPERATOR DID NOT COMPLY WITH MEL PROCEDURES IAW THE LOA. THRUST REVERSERS WERE RENDERED INOPERATIVE WITHOUT AN ENTRY IN AIRCRAFT LOG. T/R'S HAVE EXCEEDED REPAIR INTERVAL FOR BEING INOPERATIVE.

## 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 SEA07LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA152), Jun 10, 2007: Dassault-Breguet Mystere Falcon 900 (N914DD), Santa Barbara, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The erroneous gross weight calculation and improper trim setting by the captain, which resulted in the airplane's failure to rotate at Vr as expected and the captain's decision to perform to a high…

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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