# Accident 20210213003869A: Dassault Aviation 900EX, San Diego, CA, February 13, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2021, 11:47 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8151° N, 117.1410° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8151&lon=-117.1410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N823RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N823RC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dassault FALCON 900EX (registry code 2730013, https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-falcon-900ex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-60-1C (registry code 33929, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-60-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT AVIATION 900EX
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA110) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210213003869A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 13, 2021, AT ABOUT 11:47 PST, N823RC ATTEMPTED TO DEPART RUNWAY 28R ENROUTE TO KONA, HAWAII (PHKO). THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ABORTING THE TAKEOFF WITH ABOUT 1435? OF RUNWAY REMAINING, WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT OVERRUNNING THE DEPARTURE END BY APPROXIMATELY 560?. AFTER TRAVELING 316? PAST THE DEPARTURE END, THE AIRCRAFT HIT A BERM THAT SHEARED ALL THREE LANDING GEARS. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS FUSELAGE FOR ANOTHER 234?. BOTH WING TANKS BREACHED CAUSING A LARGE FUEL SPILL BUT NO POST-CRASH FIRE AND THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT. ALL FIVE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED SAFELY. THE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT SUFFERED A MINOR INJURY FROM SCRAPING HIS FOREHEAD ON THE HEADS UP DISPLAY (HUD). AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT NIETHER PILOT HELD A TYPE RATING FOR THE FALCON 900EX. THE PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD HIS PILOT CERTIFICATE REVOKED TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS PIC ON THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT WITHOUT A VALID AIRMAN CERTIFICATE.

## 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 WPR21LA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA110), Feb 13, 2021: Dassault FALCON900EX (N823RC), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight crew’s operation of the airplane outside of the manufacturer’s specified weight and balance limitations and with an improper trim setting, which resulted in the airplane’s inability to…

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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