# Accident 20211005014599A: Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON, Thomson, GA, October 5, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 2021, 05:44 local time
- Place: Thomson, GA
- Airport: Thomson-Mcduffie County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VPOA
- Location: 33.5305° N, 82.5396° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5305&lon=-82.5396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N283SA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N283SA) (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: DASSAULT/SUD FAN JET FALCON
- Reported engine: GE CF700 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,120 total, 1,498 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211005014599A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 5, 2021, AT 0544 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A DASSAULT FAN JET FALCON AIRPLANE, N283SA SERIAL #83, DEPARTED FROM LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LBB), LUBBOCK, TEXAS ENROUTE TO THOMSON-MCDUFFIE AIRPORT WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN NEAR THE THOMSON-MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT (HQU), THOMSON, GEORGIA. THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AS AN ON-DEMAND CARGO FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 135.

## 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 ERA22FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22FA004), Oct 5, 2021: Dassault Falcon 20 (N283SA), Thomson, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s continuation of an unstable dark night visual approach and the captain’s instruction to use air brakes during the approach contrary to airplane operating limitations, which resulted…

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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