- Date
- May 12, 1985, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Geneva, WI
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1181GDassault-Breguet Falcon 50
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850512020369A
- Case key
- 13064
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Analysis
High sink rate developed on short final. Acft touched down 13 ft prior to runway before sink rate could be arrested. Landing gear collapsed after contacting edge of rwy which is 7 inches higher than surrounding terrain. Tail section of acft caught fire just prior to coming to a complete stop 2900 ft down the rwy. Pilots who frequently fly in and out of the arpt stated, wind shifts near the rwy are common in gusty conditions because of hilly terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1181G
- Reported as
- Dassault-Breguet Falcon 50
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 72
- Airframe hours
- 1,373
- Engine
- Garrett TFE731-3-1C, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Getty Refining & Marketing Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 2, 1985
- Departed
- PWK · Wheelin, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CO2 · Americana, runway 23, 4,050 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,200 total · 1,050 in this make and model · 9,080 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 18 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 31 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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