Dassault Falcon 20 crash, Mar 3, 2014 (4 killed), Kish Is...
Dassault Falcon 20 accident on March 3, 2014 near Kish Island, Hormozgān, Iran with 4 fatalities. Cause: AAIB Iran: pilot fatigue led to spatial...
- Date: March 3, 2014
- Aircraft: Dassault Falcon 20
- Location: Kish Island, Hormozgān, Iran
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AAIB Iran: pilot fatigue led to spatial disorientation (illusion) that prevented the pilots from avoiding the crash into the sea. Contributing factors were a malfunction of the radio altimeter, flight crew fatigue and insufficient supervision of calibration operations.
A Dassault Falcon 20E registered EP FIC, operated by Iran Aseman Airlines on a navigation aid calibration flight, was on its eighth approach cycle near Kish Island when it crashed into the sea while turning onto final approach at about 1845 local time. Four people were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. The Iranian investigation concluded that the crew, affected by fatigue, suffered spatial disorientation and that the aircraft was inadvertently flown into the sea.