Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 08 JAN 2010 |
| Time: | ca 12:25 |
| Type: | Dassault Falcon 20C |
| Operator: | Aerotaxis Dos Mil |
| Registration: | XA-PCC |
| C/n / msn: | 159 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO (EGE) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO (EGE/KEGE), United States of America |
| Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU/MMCU), Mexico |
A Dassault Falcon 20 corporate jet, registered in Mexico as XA-PCC, was damaged in a runway excursion during takeoff from Eagle County Airport, CO (EGE).
Takeoff was aborted when the airplane blew the left main gear tyre. The captain was unable to stop the airplane in the distance remaining. The airplane proceeded past the departure end of the runway and past the overrun area, 400 feet, into deep snow. Both landing gear collapsed and the right wing was buckled.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight crew’s improper preflight inspection and failure to remove the main landing gear wheel chock, resulting in damage and subsequent failure of the main landing gear tire during the takeoff roll." Events:
Sources:
» FAA
» Vail Daily
» NTSB
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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 Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO to Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport as the crow flies is 1211 km (757 miles).
Distance from Vail-Eagle County Airport, CO to Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport as the crow flies is 1211 km (757 miles).
