Dassault Falcon 20C XA-PCC
8 January 2010 · Eagle, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 8 January 2010 at about 19:25 local time, a Dassault Falcon 20C registered XA-PCC, operated by Aerotaxis dos mil, was involved in an accident near Eagle, Colorado, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 19:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Eagle, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Eagle County Airport (KEGE)
- Coordinates
- 39.6395, -106.9402
- Aircraft
- Dassault Falcon 20C
- Registration
- XA-PCC
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Aerotaxis dos mil
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Eagle → Chihuahua
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN10LA093
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Probable cause
The flight crew’s improper preflight inspection and failure to remove the main landing gear wheel chock, resulting in damage and subsequent failure of the main landing gear tire during the takeoff roll.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During taxi the airplane was observed to run over a tire chock with the left main gear tire. During a turn out of the ramp, the left main gear was observed to run over the nose gear chock that had been removed from the nose gear by the pilot during pre-flight. During the departure roll, the left main gear tire failed and the pilot elected to abort the takeoff attempt. The airplane did not stop on the remaining runway surface and departed the runway overrun area, coming to rest in snow-covered terrain. An examination of the airplane's systems revealed no anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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