| Date: | Friday 12 November 1976 |
| Time: | 08:57 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 20E |
| Owner/operator: | Reynolds Tobacco Co. |
| Registration: | N27R |
| MSN: | 303 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Naples Airport, FL (APF) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Naples Airport, FL (APF/KAPF) |
| Winston-Salem-Smith-Reynolds Airport, NC (INT/KINT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed when both engines lost power on takeoff following birdstrike (seagulls).
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - inadequate preflight preparation and/or planning
pilot in command - failed to follow approved procedures,directives,etc.
personnel - operational supervisory personnel: failure to provide adeq.directives,manual,equipment
FACTOR(S):
personnel - airport supervisory personnel: failure to notify of unsafe cond/and or failure to mark obstruction
powerplant - miscellaneous: bird ingestion
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX); June 1974
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