- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 29, 1989
Time: 0004
Location: Cartersville, Georgia
Operator: Calair
Flight #: ?
Route: Carterville, GA - Montgomery, AL
AC Type: Dassault Falcon 20
Registration: N125CA
cn / ln: 208
Aboard: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:0  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: Unable to gain altitude the positioning flight struck powerlines and crashed. Failure of the pilot-in-command to assure that the aircraft maintained a climb profile after takeoff. Factors related to the accident were: dark night, the crew's lack of visual perception at night, the PIC's lack of rest (fatigue) and the copilot's failure to attain remedial action.
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