Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON incident near Washington, District of Columbia, September 8, 1984
On September 8, 1984 at about 1:30 am local time, a Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON, registered N460MC, was involved in an incident near Washington, District of Columbia. It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 5 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
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 8, 1984 · about 1:30 am local time
- Place
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 5 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON FAN JET FA · all FAN JET FALCONs on the register
- Registration
- N460MC · no longer on the register · serial 105
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
APRX 1-1/2 HRS AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE CAPT TOOK SINUS MEDICATION. APRX 30 MINUTES LATER, HE COMPLAINED OF A HEADACHE, TOOK TYLENOL & ALKA SELTZER & WENT TO THE CABIN TO LIE DOWN. THE CAPT WAS INCAPACITATED FOR THE REST OF THE FLT. THE COPLT & A PLT RATED PAX CONTINUED THE FLT TO NEWARK, NJ, WHERE AN AMBULANCE STOOD BY TO TRANSPORT THE CAPT TO A HOSPITAL. THE ILLNESS WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.
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
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 5,200 hours in all; 15 in this make and model; 145 in the last 90 days; 5,200 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 22,040 lb
- Seats: 12
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Unknown UNK (type not recorded); 0 hours total
- Operator: Hinderliter Industries
The flight
- Departed from: TUL Tulsa OK
- Destination: EWR Newark NJ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: night, bright
- Visibility: 100 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 9:30 pm
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 3 |
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 docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site 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 FTW84IA389.