ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321391
Date: | Thursday 17 December 2009 |
Time: | 19:30 |
Type: | Dassault Falcon 20D |
Owner/operator: | FL Aviation Group Inc. |
Registration: | N28RK |
MSN: | 206 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Engine model: | General Electric CF700-2D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 18 km E of Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island -
Bahamas
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Higuero/La Isabela-Dr. Joaquín Balaguer Airport (JBQ/MDJB) |
Destination airport: | Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE/KFXE) |
Investigating agency: | AAIPU |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Falcon 20D corporate jet, registered N28Rk, was destroyed when it crashed on Great Inagua Island, Bahamas. Both pilots were killed. The airplane departed Higuero/La Isabela-Dr. Joaquín Balaguer Airport (JBQ), Dominican Republic at 23:41 UTC, 19:41 local time. Planned destination was Fort Lauderdale-Executive Airport, FL (FXE).
The flight was en route at FL280 it began a rapid descent near Great Inagua Island, Bahamas, with no report of an emergency declared or mayday call.
Local time was about 19:30, some fifty minutes into the flight.
The airplane impacted rough, bushy terrain at a high rate of speed and approximately a 45 degree angle. An explosion occurred and debris was spread over a large area. The cockpit voice recorder housing was found but the casing was destroyed and the contents were not located.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
The probable cause of this accident has been determined as loss of control.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Undetermined.
Insufficient wreckage of the aircraft were recovered to make a conclusive determination as to the cause of the accident.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | AAIPU |
Report number: | A09-01471 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Bahamian investigators search for jet wreckage (DominicanToday.com, 20-12-2009)
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