Dassault FALCON 900EX N11WM
16 January 2003 · United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 16 January 2003 at about 00:43 local time, a Dassault FALCON 900EX registered N11WM, operated by Pistol Creek Financial Co., was involved in an accident near United States. 6 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:43
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- United States
- Coordinates
- 37.6348, -130.0704
- Aircraft
- Dassault FALCON 900EX
- Registration
- N11WM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Pistol Creek Financial Co.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Seattle → Honolulu
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA03LA029
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
The aircraft's encounter with moderate turbulence in cruise.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The Dassault Aviation Falcon 900EX, crewed by two airline transport rated pilots, and accompanied by four passengers, had departed Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, en route to Honolulu International airport, Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft climbed to FL 340 and was then cleared to FL 360 as it progressed along airway A332. As the flight proceeded, it encountered intermittent light to occasionally moderate turbulence and the crew made repeated requests for a higher altitude through Air Traffic Control, but the requests were not approved. A little more than half way into the flight, the aircraft's track began to converge obliquely with a cold frontal system extending southwest through the Hawaiian Islands, and the aircraft encountered headwinds of more than 100 knots approximately 30 degrees right of the aircraft's track. Approximately 4 hours 17 minutes into the flight, the aircraft was operating in the tops of clouds with good visibility when a passenger and her attendant left their seats to use the lavatory located in the rear of the aircraft. During this time the aircraft encountered moderate turbulence for a period of ten seconds or less and the attendant sustained a fractured ankle. Immediately following the event the crew requested and received approval for a climb to FL 370.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Dassault FALCON accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 2001 | Dassault FALCON 20 | Narsarsuaq, Greenland | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 9 Dec 2001 | Dassault FALCON 100 | Lawrence, Kansas, United States | David Nutt and Associates | No injuries | - |
| 3 Mar 2006 | Dassault FALCON 900EX | Teterboro, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2000 | Dassault FALCON 20 | Peterborough, Canada | Grand Aire, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 14 Apr 2006 | Dassault FALCON 2000 | Stilesville, Indiana, United States | Clos De Berry Leasing LTD | No injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 1999 | Dassault FALCON 900 | Bucharest, Romania | Olympic Airways | Fatal | 6 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jan 2003 | Cessna 414 | Palm Springs, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 2003 | Rockwell 500-S | Chickaloon, Alaska, United States | State of Alaska Division of Forestry | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 2003 | Smith RANS S-7 | Baudette, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 12 Jun 2003 | Piper PA-18A-150 | Laurel, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 2003 | Mooney M20E | Guilford, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2003 | Cessna A185F | Marion, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |