Pilot Debrief

Dassault Falcon 20C near Eagle, CO — 2010-01-08

Final reportCEN10LA093
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Date
2010-01-08
Location
Eagle, CO, USA
Airport
KEGE
Aircraft
Dassault Falcon 20C
Registration
XA-PCC
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0
Phase of flight
Takeoff roll

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.

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.

Analysis

Primary failure mode
Mechanical failure
First missed decision gate
Pilot did not remove the tire chock from the left main gear before takeoff.

NTSB coding

Evidence available

  • CVR
  • 3 docket documents
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Docket documents3

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