# Incident 20180814018859I: Dassault FALCON 900 EX, Opa Locka, FL, August 14, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2018, 12:59 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50NU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT FALCON 900 EX
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,057 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180814018859I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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