Falcon 900 off runway . . Brindisi.
 

Friday arriving from Milan, Falcon 900 landing in heavy rain and cross winds at Aeroporto Intl del Salento, Brindisi, Italy. Press report the main runway was closed due to work, nose gear collapse, 3 of 6 on board injured.

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Photos from BRtg24 TV Brindisi Italy

Brand new F900EX EASy, sn 204, I-FLYI, Eurofly Services.
Flew around 100 hrs total.

3 crew and 3 pax, flight LGAV-LIRA, smell of burned equipment hence emergency descent and landing.

Dassault Communiqué Normal No. 081202 arrived yesterday via fax --

Apparently this was not much more than bad-handling of a x-wind landing, or a poor decision to land under the prevailing conditions.

No mention in the Communiqué of any fire or other emergency. Where did that rumour come from?


The construction ditch certainly exacerbated the damage following the excursion.


Text of the Communiqué:

Any idea of the crosswind component? The 900 can be a handfull if not operated properly in strong gusty conditions:ok:

Accident occured at around 1900 (I guess LT, see below official link).

ANSV - Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo

Weather was probably more challenging at 1900Z though:

LIBR 281915Z 11028KT 7000 RA FEW010 SCT020 OVC070 15/13 Q1005 NOSIG
LIBR 281855Z 12032G42KT 7000 RA FEW012 SCT020 OVC070 15/12 Q1005 NOSIG RMK OVC VIS MIN 7000 WIND THR14 /////KT WIND THR32 14029KT WHT
LIBR 281845Z 12032G42KT 7000 RA FEW012 SCT020 OVC070 15/12 Q1005 NOSIG
LIBR 281815Z 11022KT 7000 RA FEW012 SCT020 OVC070 15/12 Q1005 NOSIG
LIBR 281755Z 12026KT 7000 RA FEW012 SCT020 OVC070 15/13 Q1006 NOSIG RMK OVC VIS MIN 7000 WIND THR14 /////KT WIND THR32 13025KT WHT
LIBR 281745Z 12026KT 7000 RA FEW012 SCT020 OVC070 15/13 Q1006 NOSIG

The "rumor" about the emergency landing was given to me by a usually reliable source. We'll see.

Same might be said for most any jet when operated at/above max demo'd x-wind.

F900 demo'd x-wind is 30 knots.

Updates?

Scheduled landing, or not?

Emergency declaration?

The weather at BDS last Friday was really bad. I work on the base and the wind was mainly coming from the S/SW and very strong. I would estimate over 30 knot gusts.

Also round about the time of the crash it was starting to change direction very quicly from S to N and back again.

I have some photos of the plane, and from the looks of where it ended up it has been hit by a gust on landing which spun it 180 degrees and it ended up on the grass next to the runway.

Could you please post the photos,
TMAB

Tough weather conditions..shame. Hope everyones back in the air soon...

Correction
 

Hi all,
I personally know both pilots and they really have high experience on Falcons and Falcons 900, so my idea is really a bad and challenging situation which was not predictable. However, predictable was a tough landing since x-wind component was up to the limit in the last WX, gusty and variable.

Just one note: Another Falcon 900 of the Italian Air Force was forced to land on 18th November in Brindisi coming from Athens, so they are two, not the same airplane.

Fly safe, think safe :ok:

Thank for the info Hawker125.

Fly safe too.

Emergency declaration -- or not?
 

Hawker --

Prior to the landing, had the crew declared an emergency due to "smell of burned equipment"?

Two Different Falcons
 

Dear Zeffy,
read back again my post pls, we're talking aboutn TWO DIFFERENT FALCON 900 ! the first did because it was an emergencym the second 28th november didn't since it was a "normal approach" with unhappy end.
So no emergency for the second airplane.
moreover, the first didn't crash nor caused any kind of throuble to anyone. the second was with 6 pax and 3 of them injured, airplane nose landing gear broken and various damages.
I wish it does help ....
ciao!!
:ok:

Thank you, Hawker --

Yes, your post referred to two separate aircraft and separate events -- the first an emergency, the second a scheduled landing with the unfortunate result.

I was also trying to clarify whether the information provided by the second poster in the thread has been confirmed or has been shown to be incorrect:
Dassault has issued a second Communiqué regarding the accident and it makes no mention whatsoever of an emergency.

Grazie!