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Aviation accident ERA22FA004

2 fatal · DASSAULT Falcon 20 · 2021-10-05 · Thomson, GA, USA

Event

NTSB number
ERA22FA004
Event ID
20211005104047
Type
Accident
Date
2021-10-05
Location
Thomson, GA, USA
Coordinates
33.530483, -82.539617

Injuries

Highest injury
FATL
Fatal
2
Serious
0
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
2

Aircraft

Make
DASSAULT
Model
Falcon 20
Registration
N283SA
FAR Part
135
Engines
2
Damage
DEST

Conditions

Light
NDRK
Weather
VMC

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.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
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