# NTSB NYC89FA085: Dassault/Sud FAN JET Falcon D, N232RA, Binghamton, NY, February 15, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1989, 07:22 local (12:22 UTC)
- Place: Binghamton, NY
- Coordinates: 42.089851, -75.969848 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0899&lon=-75.9698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 36268
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC89FA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/36268/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89FA085

## Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT(S).  FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE:  ICY RUNWAY CONDITIONS AND FAILURE OF THE DRAG CHUTE TO PROPERLY OPEN AFTER IT WAS DEPLOYED.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings,parachute/drag chute - other (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DRG ARRIVAL, THE CARGO FLT (RELIANT 232) CONTACTED BINGHAMTON APCH CTL & RCVD VECTORS FOR AN ILS RWY 16 APCH. AT THAT TIME, THE ATIS HAD INFORMATION (INFORMATION KILO) THAT THERE WAS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN, THAT ALL PAVED SURFACES HAD A THIN LAYER OF ICE, & THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS POOR. THE COPLT MADE THE APCH & LNDG. THE CAPT RPRTD THAT TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL IN THE 1ST 1000' OF THE RWY & THAT THE AIRBRAKE WAS USED, BUT THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT BRAKING ACTION WAS NIL UNTILTHEY WERE ON THE LANDING ROLL. BY THE TIME THEY REALIZED BRAKING WAS NIL, THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT RWY REMAINING FOR A SAFE GO-AROUND. THE CAPT RPRTD HE DEPLOYED THE DRAG CHUTE, BUT A WITNESS WHO SAW THE CHUTE, RPRTD IT DID NOT OPEN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE DEP END OF THE 6298 FT RWY, WENT DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT & WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD. THE REQUIRED DISTANCE TO STOP ON AN ICY RWY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 5344 FT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N232RA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N232RA-1991-03-26), registration cancelled 1991-03-26, S/N 232 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DASSAULT/SUD FAN JET FALCON D (FAN JET FA)
- Registry model: [Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON SER D](https://openairdocs.org/model/dassault-sud-fan-jet-falcon-ser-d) (registry code 2720304) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 232
- Airframe hours: 17595
- Engines: GE CF-700-2D 4250 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Reliant Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: AAIP, June 17, 1988, 610 hours before
- Departed: MEM, MEMPHIS,, TN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BGM, Edwin Link/Broome County, runway 16, 6,298 × 150 ft, ice

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 2,970 total, 1,499 in this make and model, 1,700 as pilot in command, 229 in the last 90 days, 44 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,600 ft overcast
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BGM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19890215001939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890215001939A), Feb 15, 1989: Amd FALCOND, Binghamton, NY, Destroyed. Landed on icy runway with crosswind braking nil, went off end runway down embankment.

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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