- Date
- December 17, 2009, 19:22 local (Dec 18, 2009, 00:22 UTC)
- Place
- Matthew Town, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- N28RKDassault/Sud Falcon 20
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- FAA report
- 20091217857269A
- Case key
- 75183
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On December 17, 2009, about 1922 eastern standard time, a Dassault Falcon 20, N28RK, crashed in a remote area approximately 12 miles east of Matthew Town, Inagua, Bahamas. The 2 pilots were killed and the airplane was destroyed. Night, visual meteorological conditions prevailed. The flight originated at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (MDJB) at an undetermined time and was destined for Fort Lauderdale, Florida (KFXE). The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Bahamian Government. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Manager of Flight Standards, Bahamas P.O. Box AP 59244 Nassau, N.P. Bahamas Phone: (242) 377-3445/3448 Facsimile: (242) 377-6060 This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information released by or obtained for the Bahamian Government.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28RK
- Reported as
- Dassault/Sud Falcon 20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee
- Departed
- MDJB · Santo Domingo
- Destination
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 13, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.