Accident Dassault Falcon 20DC N125CA, Thursday 29 June 1989

Date:	Thursday 29 June 1989
Time:	00:04
Type:	Dassault Falcon 20DC
Owner/operator:	Phoenix Air
Registration:	N125CA
MSN:	208
Year of manufacture:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	13547 hours
Engine model:	General Electric CF700-2D2
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km N of Cartersville Airport, GA - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Cartersville Airport, GA (KVPC)
Destination airport:	Montgomery-Dannelly Field, AL (MGM/KMGM)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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."

Accident investigation: