Incident Overview
On 26 April 2019, a Dassault Falcon 7X, registration M-FALZ, was involved in a serious incident at Aeropuerto Internacional de Salto "Nueva Hespérides" in the Departamento de Salto, Uruguay. The event was investigated by the Comisión Investigadora de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación (CIAIA) of Uruguay.
Investigation Report
The final report, numbered 606, includes information on the flight background, location, injuries to persons, damage to the aircraft, other damages, personnel (pilot and copilot), aircraft documentation, weight and balance, dispatch, fuel, landing performance, weather conditions (synoptic situation, satellite images, METAR, area forecast, TAF), navigation aids, communications, aerodrome information, flight recorders, wreckage and impact, medical and pathological information, fire, survival, tests and research, organizational and management information, additional information (NOTAMs, airport movement, LAR 154), and useful investigation techniques (altitude vs vertical speed graph, altitude-GS-speed graph, CFIT ALAR, witness video).
Analysis and Conclusions
The analysis covers material, environmental, human (pilot flying and pilot not flying), and operational factors. The conclusions section presents causes, including endemic causes and a probable cause. Safety recommendations were directed to pilots and to DINACIA (Dirección Nacional de Aviación Civil e Infraestructura Aeronáutica).