Status:	Final
Date:	29 JUN 1989
Time:	00:04
Type:	Dassault Falcon 20DC
Operator:	Phoenix Air
Registration:	N125CA
C/n / msn:	208
First flight:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	13547
Engines:	2 General Electric CF700-2D2
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Destroyed
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	3 km (1.9 mls) N of Cartersville Airport, GA (United States of America)
Phase:	Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Cartersville Airport, GA (KVPC), United States of America
Destination airport:	Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM), United States of America

Narrative:
Impacted trees, while in a shallow, left descending turn shortly after takeoff from runway 36 at night. The Falcon hit a powerline support tower before coming to rest.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the pilot-in-command (PIC) to assure that the aircraft maintained a climb profile after takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, the crew's lack of visual perception at night, the PIC's lack of rest (fatigue), and the copilot's failure to attain remedial action."

Sources:
» NTSB