Accident Dassault Falcon 20D N821AA,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322342

Date:	Thursday 1 September 2005
Time:	19:50
Type:	Dassault Falcon 20D
Owner/operator:	USA Jet Airlines
Registration:	N821AA
MSN:	203
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	16970 hours
Engine model:	General Electric CF700-2D2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Lorain County Regional Airport, OH (LPR) - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Lorain County Regional Airport, OH (LPR)
Destination airport:	Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
At Lorain (LPR) the Falcon was loaded with 380 pounds of cargo. After rotation from runway 25 at a height of about 15 feet above the runway, a flock of birds from both sides of the runway swarmed in front of the aircraft. Birds were ingested into both engines. This resulted in a complete loss of power on the number two engine. The pilot then called for retraction of the landing gear. The airplane climbed for about 10 seconds, before the copilot observed the gas producer (N1) gauge on the number one engine decay through 50 percent. The stall warning horn sounded, and the pilot adjusted the flight controls for landing. The airplane contacted the runway straight and level at approximately 130 knots, with the landing gear retracted, about 3,000 feet beyond the point of rotation. The airplane overran the runway, struck a fence, crossed a road, and came to rest in a cornfield about 1,000 feet beyond the initial point of ground contact.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The ingestion of multiple birds in each engine at takeoff, which resulted in a complete loss of engine power."

Accident investigation: