Flight Options Accident?

[GVFlyer]

Falcon Incident @ MDW

Does anyone know anything about a Dassault Falcon 2000 that departed the runway and did an all-terrain cross-country at Chicago Midway last month. I saw it sitting there with it's nosegear crumpled, but I haven't seen anything on it from the NTSB.

 

[CL60]

It can happen to any of us, anytime

We must all constantly be aware that our jobs, although fantastic careers that relatively few will ever experience, involve a great deal of responsibility and an equal amount of risk. We place our careers on the line everytime we strap that aircraft onto our backsides. One moment of misjudgment or one freak gust of wind can ruin even the best pilot's day and career.

Best wishes to the above mentioned crews and their families.

 

[Lindy]

Who is to pay for the antenna?

I'll answer that inquiry....

First and foremost, the antenna will be fixed immediately. Then the insurance carriers will be involved. The insurance carrier for Flight Options will either (1) pay to have the antenna fixed or (2) reimburse BWI's Airport Authority for the cost of actual repairs (subrogation).

Now, if the carriers really want to battle for the costs, then it could proceed to court and one could asses the amount of liability for the destruction of the antenna. (IMHO, only if the attorneys are bored....).

 

[CE650SC]

WOW! Y'all need to take up a hobby or something. Got a lot of penned up frustration on this board?

 

[Driver]

Falcon Incident @ MDW

Hey.. GV

I was at MDW that day... the weather was the factor.. winds gusting to 60mph.... I can tell you that I was pushed to my limit that day... while on approach.. a 76, two ahead of us went missed due to wind sheer.....

The falcon.... tried to depart in that wind..... could not maintain directional control .. aborted... and wend off the runway... bad deal.... we decided to cancel our departure until the next day... I have never seen wind so stong.. that was not associated with a hurricane.... that was the day that some scaffolding fell off the hancock building and killed some people.... bad day...

 

[CL60]

Me too

We were also flying in the area that day. Had an pretty interesting approach and landing to say the least. Almost had to go around but made it in uneventfully. I was working the controls so intensely that, by the time we landed, I felt like I had wrestled a bear.

In the FBO, I talked with a few other crews and commented that, at the very least, there would be a blown tire or two that day. I don't think anyone realized how violent the winds were. I've landed in gusty conditions before but this was volatile.

 

[SheGaveMeClap]

Who flies a 767 into MDW?

 

[Driver]

MDW

It was a 75 and it was ATA.

 

[SheGaveMeClap]

Okay, that's more like it.

 

[GVFlyer]

Bad day for Falcons...

Driver/ CL60-

Thanks for the info...I'm glad things worked out OK for you two.

 

[Turbanhead]

Chicken or the egg?

"Do we have the best safety record because we have the best pilots? Or is it the other way around? --- Kenn Ricci

Hmm.....

 

[SheGaveMeClap]

Hey Turban, why are you so bitter at Flight Options?

 

[hawkerjock]

There might be so much frustration on this site because some pilots may have some insight into options. Options is an old airplane with (in some cases) jet pilots wet behind the ears going into some challenging situations. Surely, problems will arise. To top it all off, you got Ken "salesman Ricci" selling this product to poeple who know nothing about aviation. They do know about having lots of money. After 5 years of paying out the nose for this product maybe just maybe they will get smart and buy their own airplane and take some of that money their saving and pay the pilots what they are worth.

 

[Safetycheck]

Flight Options accident

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020513X00667&key=1

We could all learn something from reading this.

The captain only had three thousand hours!

 

[FL000]

Re: Flight Options accident

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020513X00667&key=1

We could all learn something from reading this.

The captain only had three thousand hours!

Do you have any idea how many 3,000 hour captains there are out there? Please let me know when I have "enough." My guess is that if this captain had had an additional 5,000 hours of successful flight time, this accident would have been MORE likely to happen, not less.