- Date
- April 15, 2025, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Airy, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N229CKDassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon SER D
- Defining event
- Enroute-descent: Part(s) separation from AC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- BEA, FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250415003579I
- Case key
- 200823
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On April 15, 2025, about 0800 eastern daylight time, a Dassault/Sud Fan Jet Falcon Series D, N229CK, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Mount Airy, Maryland. The airline transport pilot and commercial copilot were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The operator reported that during the descent toward the destination area, the flightcrew heard a loud “bang,” which was followed by a vibration, and they decided to divert to the nearest suitable airport, Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepard Field, Martinsburg (MRB), West Virginia. The flightcrew did not declare an emergency and subsequently landed at MRB uneventfully. After exiting the airplane, the flightcrew noted that the right engine cowling was separated and a portion of the cowling was wrapped around the right horizontal stabilizer.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N229CK
- Reported as
- Dassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon SER D (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 229
- Built
- 1970
- Airframe hours
- 37,845
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Kalitta Charters LLC
- Registered owner
- Kalitta Charters LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · November 22, 2024 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- YIP · Ypsilanti, MI
- Destination
- DOV · Dover, DE
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator
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) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 21,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.59 inHg
- Observed at
- KBWI, 23 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KBWI 151154Z 22004KT 10SM FEW090 SCT110 OVC210 16/12 A2959 RMK AO2 SLP018 70006 T01610122 10167 20144 58006=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N229CK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.