Dassault DA-10 N821LG

Summary

On 28 February 1986 at about 03:30 local time, a Dassault DA-10 registered N821LG was involved in an accident near Coatsville, Pennsylvania, United States. 6 people were on board and 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 February 1986 at 03:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Coatsville, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Chester County (40N)

Coordinates

39.9807, -75.8092

Aircraft

Dassault DA-10

Registration

N821LG

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Executive/Corporate

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New York → Lexington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC86LA081

5 people had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AS THE ACFT WAS CLIMBING THRU 19,000' AT NGT, THE #2 GENERATOR (GEN) LGT CAME ON. THE FLT CREW NOTED THERE WAS NO OUTPUTFM THE #2 GEN & IT WOULD NOT RESET. THEY THEN CHECKED THE #1 GEN VOLTAGE & NOTED IT WAS 14 TO 15 VOLTS. THE CREW REDUCEDTHE ELEC LOAD; HOWEVER, ABOUT 5 MIN LATER, THE BATTERIES BCM DISCHARGED & THERE WAS A TOTAL LOSS OF ELEC PWR. USING A FLASHLIGHT, THE CREW DIVERTED TO THE CHESTER COUNTY ARPT WHICH HAD A 4600' RWY. THE GEAR WAS EXTDD WITH THE EMERG SYS. THE ELEV TRIM WAS INOP, SO BOTH PLTS APPLIED BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE TO OVERCOME THE NOSE DWN TENDENCY. AFTER LNDG ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY DWN THE RWY, THE CREW TRIED TO USE THE THRUST REVERSERS, BUT THE REVERSERS WERE INOP. SUBSEQUENTLY,THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE SIDE & BEYOND THE END OF THE RWY, HIT A WOODEN BEAM & A SNOWBANK, THEN CAME TO REST IN A DITCH. AN INV REVEALED A SHAFT FAILURE OF THE #2 GEN (STARTER/GEN) & WORN BRUSHES IN THE #1 GEN. WITH TOTAL ELEC FAILURE, THE FLWG WERE ALSO INOP: WING FLAPS, ANTI-SKID, CAPT'S AIRSPEED IND & ALTIMETER, NOSEWHEEL STEERING, COCKPIT LIGHTING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.