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."
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
accident date: 29-06-1989
type: Dassault Falcon 20DC
registration: HB-VCA
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 29 June 1989 |
| Time: | 00:04 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 20DC |
| Operator: | Phoenix Air |
| Registration: | N125CA |
| 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 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) N of Cartersville Airport, GA ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cartersville Airport, GA (KVPC), United States of America |
| Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM), United States of America |
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:
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."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Insufficient rest / fatigueControlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground
Sources:
» NTSBPhotos
accident date: 29-06-1989
type: Dassault Falcon 20DC
registration: HB-VCA
Map
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Distance from Cartersville Airport, GA to Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL as the crow flies is 247 km (154 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Cartersville Airport, GA to Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL as the crow flies is 247 km (154 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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