# NTSB FTW84IA389: Dassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon, N460MC, Washington, DC, September 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1984, 21:30 local (Sep 8, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Washington, DC
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21164
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84IA389
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21164/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84IA389

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - miscellaneous
  - incapacitation(stroke), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

APRX 1-1/2 HRS AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE CAPT TOOK SINUS MEDICATION. APRX 30 MINUTES LATER, HE COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE, TOOK TYLENOL & ALKA SELTZER & WENT TO THE CABIN TO LIE DOWN. THE CAPT WAS INCAPACITATED FOR THE REST OF THE FLT. THE COPLT & A PLT RATED PAX CONTINUED THE FLT TO NEWARK, NJ, WHERE AN AMBULANCE STOOD BY TO TRANSPORT THE CAPT TO A HOSPITAL. THE ILLNESS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N460MC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N460MC-1989-03-17), registration cancelled 1989-03-17, S/N 105 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT/SUD FAN JET FALCON (FAN JET FA)
- Registry model: [Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon) (registry code 2720302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 105
- Engines: unknown UNK unknown
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Hinderliter Industries
- Registered owner: Bank Of Commerce
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Departed: TUL, TULSA, OK
- Destination: EWR, NEWARK, NJ
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 5,200 total, 15 in this make and model, 5,200 as pilot in command, 145 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840907075609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840907075609I), Sep 7, 1984: Amd FALCON, Washington, DC. Pilot suffered bilateral intracerebal hemorrhage en route. Copilot continued flight with help from passenger.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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