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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Dassault MYSTERE FALCON 50EX · Taylorville, IL · March 3, 2026

Date
March 3, 2026 · 14:31 local
Place
Taylorville, IL
Airport
Taylorville Municiple Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
TRKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N268TS
Reported as
Dassault Mystere Falcon 50EX
Reported engine
Honeywell TFE-731-SER
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total2,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

During an RNAV (LNAV) approach, the aircraft was operated below the authorized minimum decent altitude (mda) without visual references for the intended runway distinctly visible and identifiable to the pilot and without being continuously in a position from which a descent to a landing on the intended runway could be made at a normal rate of descent using normal maneuvers at a descent rate that would allow touchdown to occur within the touchdown zone of the runway of intended landing. The aircraft received damage after contacting a telephone pole and powerlines. The aircraft continued the approach, landed, and taxied to the ramp without further incident. Telephone pole wires and wooden debris were found wrapped around the right main landing gear during post flight inspection. Both landing gear doors, the top of the right wing, right wing leading-edge slat, right wing flap, and right-side engine nacelle received damage.

As the FAA filed it

DURING AN RNAV (LNAV) APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BELOW THE AUTHORIZED MINIMUM DECENT ALTITUDE (MDA) WITHOUT VISUAL REFERENCES FOR THE INTENDED RUNWAY DISTINCTLY VISIBLE AND IDENTIFIABLE TO THE PILOT AND WITHOUT BEING CONTINUOUSLY IN A POSITION FROM WHICH A DESCENT TO A LANDING ON THE INTENDED RUNWAY COULD BE MADE AT A NORMAL RATE OF DESCENT USING NORMAL MANEUVERS AT A DESCENT RATE THAT WOULD ALLOW TOUCHDOWN TO OCCUR WITHIN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF THE RUNWAY OF INTENDED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE AFTER CONTACTING A TELEPHONE POLE AND POWERLINES. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE APPROACH, LANDED, AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TELEPHONE POLE WIRES AND WOODEN DEBRIS WERE FOUND WRAPPED AROUND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION. BOTH LANDING GEAR DOORS, THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT WING LEADING-EDGE SLAT, RIGHT WING FLAP, AND RIGHT-SIDE ENGINE NACELLE RECEIVED DAMAGE.