- Date
- June 29, 1989, 00:04 local (04:04 UTC)
- Place
- Cartersville, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N125CADassault-Breguet Falcon 20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890629018119A
- Case key
- 7902
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to assure that the aircraft maintained a climb profile after takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, the crew's lack of visual perception at night, the pic's lack of rest (fatigue), and the copilot's failure to attain remedial action.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The crew arrived at the arpt about 20 min before the planned midnight takeoff time, after the plt-in-command had spent the day moving furniture. A ngt watchman noted that the preflt inspn & takeoff roll to rotation/lift-off was normal. There was no post-takeoff radio call to either UNICOM or ATC, athough the crew had filed an IFR flt plan. After taking off from rwy 36, the acft crashed about 1.8 mi north of the rwy. The wreckage was found after interruptionof electrical power to a nearby city. Initial impact was with trees, while in a shallow/left/descending turn. An area of trees about 1/2 mi long was damaged by impact & fire. Before coming to rest, the acft hit a powerline support tower. There was evidence the acft was traveling at about 260 KTS, when it crashed. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found that would have resulted in the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125CA
- Reported as
- Dassault-Breguet Falcon 20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 208
- Airframe hours
- 13,547
- Engine
- GE CF700-2D2, 4,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phoenix Air Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · April 1, 1989 · 164 hours before
- Departed
- 6A0
- Destination
- MGM · Montgomery, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 6A0 · Cartersville, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,940 total · 770 in this make and model · 5,820 as pilot in command · 196 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTY, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.