N28RK Falcon 20D down off Bahamas

Aviation Charter, Fractional, and Private
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** Report created 12/22/2009 Record 1 **

IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 28RK Make/Model: FA20 Description: FALCON 20, MYST�RE 20 (T-11, TM-11)
Date: 12/18/2009 Time: 0025

Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Fatal Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Destroyed

LOCATION

DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE TWO PERSONS ON BOARD WERE
FATALLY INJURED, 13 MILES FROM MATTHEW TOWN, GREAT INAGUA, BAHAMAS

INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 2
# Crew: 2 Fat: 2 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:

WEATHER: MUGM 180056Z 02006KT 9999 FEW 040 26/18 A2992

OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER

FAA FSDO: SOUTH FLORIDA, FL (SO19) Entry date: 12/22/2009

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Correction to flight crew name spelling.

News story on Falcon Captain Hal Mangels, and the co-pilot as Freddy Castro.

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My buddy told me that last week and I forgot to update the forum- sorry for dropping the ball boys…

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New Info-

FO wasn’t typed.
Captain was told not to fly the airplane. but wanted to get home…
Fuel was observed leaking in large quantities from the wings.
A part was installed a few days before the accident that is close to the fuel tanks.
Fragga (the owner) is a douche, a typical south Florida trust fund baby, with WAY more money then brains. Just had his G-III impounded by the Venezuelan government cause he landed at an army base with no permission.

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Yowsers. Unless I’m driving The Sled, I’m not getting in an airplane that’s actively leaking fuel from the wings! Maybe I’m just spoiled… :open_mouth:

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N500EF Gulfstream III last flight!!!, guess it’ll become some General’s airplane???

flightaware.com/live/flight/N500 … /TNCM/SVBL

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No- word is they’re giving it back in two weeks, my buddy has been flying it for him and will be heading to Tenerife for 2 weeks.

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800×446 46.8 KB

Nice looking Gulfstream!!! I’d want it back too!!!

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Any more info on Hal’s crash?

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i would take a really old gulfstream any day over a falcon, sorry about your loss.

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This is very sad. Hal was a very interesting person.

I flew with Hal many times in the mid 80’s. He was an excellent pilot. I have flown 25k+ hours since I flew with him and can still say he was my favorite individual to fly with out of hundreds of people I have flown with since then.

Fair Winds and Following Seas Hal