Narrative:
After delivering cargo to Traverse City, the aircraft returned to Toledo as an instructional flight for the first officer in training. Upon arrival in the Toledo area, the pilots initiated an ILS approach to runway 07. The approach terminated in a missed approach, and the airplane was radar vectored for a second ILS approach to runway 07. During the approach the plane descended below the glide path. The airplane impacted trees, and came to rest on level ground, 1.57 nautical miles from the approach end of runway 07.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight, including his failure to maintain an approach airspeed consistent with the airplane's configuration, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall due to slow airspeed, and subsequent uncontrolled descent into trees. Factors were the icing conditions, the flight instructors failure to turn on the wing and engine anti-ice, and his lack of experience as an instructor pilot in the airplane."
Loss of control
» The Toledo Blade
accident date: 08-04-2003
type: Dassault Falcon 20
registration: N183GA
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Tuesday 8 April 2003 |
| Time: | 13:49 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 20C |
| Operator: | Grand Aire Express |
| Registration: | N183GA |
| MSN: | 147 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19093 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF700-2D2 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) W of Toledo, OH ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Traverse City Airport, MI (TVC/KTVC), United States of America |
| Toledo-Express Airport, OH (TOL/KTOL), United States of America |
After delivering cargo to Traverse City, the aircraft returned to Toledo as an instructional flight for the first officer in training. Upon arrival in the Toledo area, the pilots initiated an ILS approach to runway 07. The approach terminated in a missed approach, and the airplane was radar vectored for a second ILS approach to runway 07. During the approach the plane descended below the glide path. The airplane impacted trees, and came to rest on level ground, 1.57 nautical miles from the approach end of runway 07.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the flight, including his failure to maintain an approach airspeed consistent with the airplane's configuration, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall due to slow airspeed, and subsequent uncontrolled descent into trees. Factors were the icing conditions, the flight instructors failure to turn on the wing and engine anti-ice, and his lack of experience as an instructor pilot in the airplane."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
IcingLoss of control
Sources:
» FAA» The Toledo Blade
Photos
accident date: 08-04-2003
type: Dassault Falcon 20
registration: N183GA
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Traverse City Airport, MI to Toledo-Express Airport, OH as the crow flies is 376 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
Distance from Traverse City Airport, MI to Toledo-Express Airport, OH as the crow flies is 376 km (235 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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