2 accidents of Dassault aircraft since 2000

The Dassault Falcon 50 business jet operated by Air American Flight Services, Inc., was substantially damaged when it overran the end of the runway during its landing at Greenville Downtown Airport, Greenville, South Carolina, USA. The plane took off from Clearwater, Florida, USA, for a passenger flight to Greenville. 2 passengers and 2 crewmembers were onboard. The two crewmembers were fatally injured in the accident, and the two passengers received serious injuries. Air traffic control personnel reported that the airplane touched down normally at a normal touchdown point on runway. They saw the airplane's sole thrust reverser on the center (No. 2) engine deploy. The controllers then watched as the airplane did not decelerate as it continued down the runway. An airport security video captured the airplane's touchdown and confirmed that the No. 2 thrust reverser and the airbrakes were deployed. The video also showed the airplane as it continued down to the end of the runway and then went over an embankment. First responders reported that all three engines were operating at full power for at least 20 minutes after the accident with, one engine running until about 40 minutes after the accident. Initial examination of the accident site, runway, and tire track evidence showed that the airplane departed the left edge of runway 19 near the departure end, traveled across the flat grassy area at the end of the runway, continued down a 50-foot embankment, and came to rest on the airport perimeter road about 425 feet from the runway. There was no fire. Fuel was observed leaking from the wings at the accident site.

The Dassault Falcon 50EX corporate jet operated by Unijet took off from Moscow, Russia, for a private passenger flight to Paris, France. 1 passenger and 3 crewmembers were onboard. During takeoff the jet impacted a snowplow, and crashed. All the four occupants perished in the accident. The Falcon 50EX was carrying one passenger, the CEO of the French oil company Total, back from a business trip. The plane took off from Moskva-Vnukovo Airport. The airplane was cleared for takeoff from runway 06. Visibility was poor with 350 meters, but the visibility on the runway was better with an RVR (Runway Visual Range) of around 1000 meters. During takeoff, while the plane was at high speed, it impacted a snowplow. The airplane rolled over and burst into flames. The driver of the snowplow survived, and explained he was lost and was not aware he was on the runway. Debris from the aircraft was scattered up to 200 meters from the crash site. One of the engine was found some 50 meters from the crash site, while one of the landing gears was ripped off and discovered nearly 200 meters from the main mass of debris.