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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Dassault Falcon 900 EX · Opa Locka, FL · August 14, 2018

Date: August 14, 2018 · 12:59 local
Place: Opa Locka, FL
Airport: Opa Locka
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N50NU
Reported as: Dassault Falcon 900 EX
Reported engine: Honeywell TFE-731-SER
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,057 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft with registration N50NU, Dassault-falcon 900EX, had an air-turn-back at miami executive airport (opf) with all three engine indicating ?fuel filter clogged? (Cas message). Aircraft declared an emergency and landed safely.

The PIC stated the following statement:

Climbing out of 18000FT, we received a fuel filter 2-clog cas message. Almost immediately thereafter, we received a fuel filter 3-clog cas message. We decided to return to kopf. Simultaneously we received an engine 2 failure. We proceeded to follow the checklist, secure the engine, and declare an emergency.

Immediately after declaring an emergency, we received a fuel filter 1-clog cas.

Approaching opf at 8000 feet we entered the downwind for runway 9L. We extended our downwind to lose some altitude. When turned left base, I added some power and noticed the #3 engine was unresponsive to throttle controls. I left #1 and #3 throttles at idle and landed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WITH REGISTRATION N50NU, DASSAULT-FALCON 900EX, HAD AN AIR-TURN-BACK AT MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OPF) WITH ALL THREE ENGINE INDICATING ?FUEL FILTER CLOGGED? (CAS MESSAGE). AIRCRAFT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY.

THE PIC STATED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

CLIMBING OUT OF 18000FT, WE RECEIVED A FUEL FILTER 2-CLOG CAS MESSAGE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER, WE RECEIVED A FUEL FILTER 3-CLOG CAS MESSAGE. WE DECIDED TO RETURN TO KOPF. SIMULTANEOUSLY WE RECEIVED AN ENGINE 2 FAILURE. WE PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE CHECKLIST, SECURE THE ENGINE, AND DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, WE RECEIVED A FUEL FILTER 1-CLOG CAS.

APPROACHING OPF AT 8000 FEET WE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 9L. WE EXTENDED OUR DOWNWIND TO LOSE SOME ALTITUDE. WHEN TURNED LEFT BASE, I ADDED SOME POWER AND NOTICED THE #3 ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE CONTROLS. I LEFT #1 AND #3 THROTTLES AT IDLE AND LANDED.