# Accident 20081221857329A: Dassau FANJETFALCON, Jamestown, NY, December 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2008, 01:00 local time
- Place: Jamestown, NY
- Airport: Chautauqua County/Jamestown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HAEA
- Location: 42.1533° N, 79.2547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1533&lon=-79.2547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N165TW-2009-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON (registry code 2720302, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF700 series (registry code 30010, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf700-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAU FANJETFALCON
- Reported engine: GE CF7002D2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,028 total, 1,160 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081221857329A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 21, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 01:00 EST, N1651TW A FALCON 20 LANDED AT THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY/JAMESTOWN AIRPORT (KJHW) LOCATED IN NEW YORK.  THE CREW STATED THAT DUE TO THE CONTAMINATION PRESENT ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE, THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED 100 FT INTO THE RUNWAY OVERRUN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS POWERED OUT OF THE OVERRUN AND TAXIED TO THE FBO WHERE THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT HAD A CRACK IN THE CASE AND THE NOSE STRUCTURE WAS BENT ON.  ON WEDNESDAY MORNING THE 22ND OF APRIL.  THE OFFICE TOOK A PHONE CALL FROM THE COM CENTER THAT PATCHED US IN WITH AN AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR FROM THE PHILADELPHIA PA FSDO.  INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, APPARENTLY HAS OVERSIGHT OF A REPAIR STATION (FALCON JET FROM WILMINGTON, DE) AND THEY WERE ASKED TO PERFORM AN ESTIMATE TO REPAIR A FALCON 20, N165TW.  ALLEGEDLY IT RAN OFF THE RUNWAY AT JAMESTOWN, NY BACK ON 12/21/2008.  HIS POINT WAS THAT WHEN HE CHECKED,, THERE WAS NO RECORD OF AN EVENT REPORTED.  A PHONECALL WAS PLACED TO FALCON JET IN WILMINGTON, DE AND THEY STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS BROKEN AND THE NOSE STRUCTURE WAS TWISTED ABOUT 1/2 INCH.  A CALL WAS PLACED TO THE NTSB AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA09LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA282), Dec 21, 2008: Dassault/Sud FAN JET (N165TW), Jamestown, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inability to stop the airplane on the remaining runway because of icy runway conditions. A factor was the failure of the drag chute to properly deploy.

## Other reports on N165TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19981222043099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981222043099I), Dec 22, 1998: Amd FALCON (N165TW), Detroit, MI, Minor damage. (-5)Struck flock of geese while climbing out of Willow Run (yip) at 2,100 MSL, left engine ingested a bird and continued to run. A/c declared emerg. And landed…

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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