- Date
- September 23, 1985, 10:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N700DKDassault-Breguet 10
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850923046969A
- Case key
- 12870
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The falcon 10 touched down long and fst on a wet runway, experienced hydroplanning and went off the end of the runway,struck a drainage ditch and collapsed the landing gear. The nose gear came back and bent the throttle quadrant bracket, pulled the fuel controls to 90 percent power. This pushed the aircraft on its belly another 1000'-1600' until it came to a stop on a hillside.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700DK
- Reported as
- Dassault-Breguet 10
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 191
- Airframe hours
- 537
- Engine
- Garrett TFE-731-2-1C, 3,230 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Durair,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 13, 1985 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- EKM · Elkhart, IN
- Destination
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 10, 4,001 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,697 total · 375 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.