Accidents
Preliminary Report: Grand Aire Falcon Crash #1
Dassault Falcon 20, Swanton, Ohio April 8, 2003–At approximately 1:50 p.m.

Dassault Falcon 20, Swanton, Ohio April 8, 2003–At approximately 1:50 p.m. EST Falcon N183GA, operated by Grand Aire Express, was destroyed when it struck trees while on an instrument approach to Toledo Express Airport (TOL) in Swanton. Both ATP-rated pilots and a pilot-rated passenger were killed in the crash. The aircraft was on an IFR flight plan in IMC for the Part 91 flight originating from Cherry Capital Airport (TVC), Traverse City, Mich.

According to the company’s director of operations, the airplane was dispatched from TOL earlier in the day for a Part 135 flight with a certified crew and an additional first officer in training who occupied the jump seat. The airplane flew to Grand Rapids Airport (GRR), Mich., picked up cargo and discharged the cargo at Traverse City.

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