# Accident 20110323004619A: Dassault-Breguet FALCON 10, Sellersburg, IN, March 23, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 23, 2011, 23:00 local time
- Place: Sellersburg, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3656° N, 85.7383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3656&lon=-85.7383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303FZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303FZ-2024-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault-Breguet FALCON 10 (registry code 2730101, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-breguet-falcon-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731-2 (registry code 29086, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT-BREGUET FALCON 10
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731-2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 13,777 total, 300 in this make and model, 88 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110323004619A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT A GUST OF WIND FROM THE LEFT SIDE THAT LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE GROUND AND DISPLACED IT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR. THE ENGINES INGESTED FOD AND ALL THREE LANDING GEARS WERE DESTOYED. THE FORECAST AND REPORTED WINDS WERE WITHIN THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT TOLERANCES. LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA SHOWS EVIDENCE OF A COLD FRONT PASSAGE APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. GUSTY WINDS WERE PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

## 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 CEN11LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA265), Mar 24, 2011: Dassault-Breguet Falcon 10 (N303FZ), Sellersburg, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during landing in strong and gusty wind conditions.

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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