Accidents
Improper Switch Position Led to 2023 Falcon 10 Overrun
NTSB found crew used training checklist, thrust reversers in stow position
Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport
© Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

The crew of a Dassault Falcon 10 failed to properly configure the twinjet’s thrust reversers for landing, at least in part due to using an inappropriate checklist, resulting in a June 6, 2023, runway excursion at Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (KECP) in Panama City, according to an NTSB final report. None of the five occupants were injured, but the aircraft was substantially damaged when it overran the runway, struck light poles, and collapsed its landing gear in sand.

“The airplane checklist found in the cockpit was marked ‘For Training Purposes Only’ and for an airplane that was not equipped with thrust reversers,” the NTSB report notes. The NTSB cited the inappropriate checklist as a contributing factor in the accident.