Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 FEB 1989 |
| Time: | 07:22 |
| Type: | Dassault Falcon 20DC |
| Operator: | Reliant Airlines |
| Registration: | N232RA |
| C/n / msn: | 232 |
| First flight: | 1970 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 17595 |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF700-2D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Memphis International Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM), United States of America |
| Binghamton Airport, NY (BGM/KBGM), United States of America |
Overran icy runway 16 and went down a steep embankment. Braking action was nil and the drag chute failed to open properly.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Improper planning/decision by the pilot(s). Factors related to the accident were: icy runway conditions and failure of the drag chute to properly open after it was deployed." Events:
Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from Memphis International Airport, TN to Binghamton Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1441 km (901 miles).
Distance from Memphis International Airport, TN to Binghamton Airport, NY as the crow flies is 1441 km (901 miles).
