Pratt FALCON XP N544AA

Summary

On 11 June 2000 at about 19:30 local time, a Pratt FALCON XP registered N544AA was involved in an accident near Montgomery, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 June 2000 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Montgomery, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Orange County Airport (MGJ)

Coordinates

41.5204, -74.2295

Aircraft

Pratt FALCON XP

Registration

N544AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC00LA163

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane while taxiing. Factors related to the accident were the gusting wind conditions and the pilot's improper weather evaluation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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While the pilot was taxiing, he realized that the wind was blowing from a direction behind the airplane and 'my indicator showed no froward air movement although I was doing 45 mph.' Dust and grass blew by the airplane, and the controls were being forced from behind. As the pilot made a 180-degree right hand turn on the taxiway to the ramp, a squall pushed the airplane sideways, lifted the right wing up, and rotated the airplane on the left wing tip. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot estimated that the winds at the time of the accident were in excess of 60 mph. The winds reported at the airport, at 1454, were from 260 degrees at 8 knots, gusts to 18 knots, variable from 220 degrees to 280 degrees.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.