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Accident: Dassault Falcon 20

Oct 5, 2021 · Thomson, GA

NTSB numberERA22FA004Event id20211005104047

2
Fatalities
0
Serious injuries
0
Minor injuries
0
Uninjured

Probable cause

The flight crew’s continuation of an unstable dark night visual approach and the captain’s instruction to use air brakes during the approach contrary to airplane operating limitations, which resulted in a descent below the glide path, and a collision with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the captain’s poor crew resource management and failure to take over pilot flying responsibilities after the first officer repeatedly demonstrated deficiencies in flying the airplane, and the operator’s lack of safety management system and flight data monitoring program to proactively identify procedural non-compliance and unstable approaches.

NTSB docket ERA22FA004

Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft
Dassault Falcon 20
Registration
N283SA
Year built
1967
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Operating rules
Part 135: commuter and on-demand
Defining event
Approach-VFR pattern final Miscellaneous/other

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