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
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	18 km E of Matthew Town, Great Inagua Island -   Bahamas
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.

Bahamian investigators search for jet wreckage (DominicanToday.com, 20-12-2009)

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