Dassault Aviation Mystere Falcon 900 accident near Teterboro, New Jersey, September 28, 2007
On September 28, 2007 at about 5:12 pm local time, a Dassault Aviation Mystere Falcon 900, registered N90TH, was substantially damaged in an accident near Teterboro, New Jersey (Teterboro airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 7 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The steamroller driver's improper decision to operate the vehicle without a wing walker present.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 28, 2007 · about 5:12 pm local time
- Place
- Teterboro, New Jersey · Teterboro · map
- Type
- Accident · collision on the ground
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 7 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Dassault Aviation Mystere Falcon 900 · all Mystere Falcon 900s on the register
- Registration
- N90TH · registry record · serial 180
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The captain stated that while taxiing southbound on taxiway "Z," the flight crew felt a sudden "big thud/ jolt." After an inspection of the outside of the airplane, the captain observed damage to the left main wingtip due to a possible collision with a construction steamroller. The steamroller driver stated that after lunch he returned to the construction site and began to operate the steamroller without a wing walker being present. He said that he did not see or hear the airplane as it approached.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 8,350 hours in all; 3,980 in this make and model; 107 in the last 90 days; 28 in the last 30 days; 6,040 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: April 1, 2007
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 15,761 hours in all; 3,321 in this make and model; 53 in the last 90 days; 17 in the last 30 days; 13,795 as pilot in command; 2,896 on instruments
- Last flight review: May 1, 2007
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 3,840 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, September 1, 2007; 13 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 46,500 lb
- Seats: 15
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Allied Signal TFE731-5BR-1C (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: Allied Signal TFE731-5BR-1C (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 3: Allied Signal TFE731-5BR-1C (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: TEB Teterboro NJ at 5:12 pm
- Destination: SAN San Diego CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 330° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter: 29.86 inHg
- Observation at 6:51 pm from KTEB, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 5 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number ATL07LA130.