Dassault Falcon 10 crash, Feb 12, 2009 (2 killed), Samedan
Dassault Falcon 10 accident on February 12, 2009 near Samedan, Graubünden, Switzerland with 2 fatalities. Cause: The crew attempted a landing with...
- Date: February 12, 2009
- Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 10
- Location: Samedan, Graubünden, Switzerland
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew attempted a landing with inadequate visual references from an unfavourable initial position. Misjudged weather, weak crew coordination, deactivated EGPWS voice alerts, and a snow bank along the runway edge contributed.
A privately operated Dassault Falcon 10 flew from Vienna to Samedan under instrument rules and then continued visually. The crew landed in changing mountain weather while a runway snow clearance was in progress, and the left wingtip struck a snow bank before the aircraft crashed into a frozen snow bank about four metres high and broke in two. The two pilots were killed and the passenger was seriously injured.