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Dassault Falcon 2000
Is the Dassault Falcon 2000 safe? It is not ranked yet: with no fatal accidents counted in about 1.7 million flights since 2008, its record is too short to place it among the others: its score could be anywhere from 50 to 100.
Likely range 50 to 100
How the score is built
- Fatal accidents
- 0 in 1.7 million flights
No fatal accident in the data (ASN database to 3 November 2026).
- Full-loss equivalents
- 0
Each counted accident adds the share of people on board who died (1 = no survivors). This is what the score is based on.
- Flights flown
- 1.7 million
Estimated flights of all kinds. Flights of all kinds (private, charter, corporate, cargo, training and other civil use) 2008 to 3 November 2026: OpenSky 2022 flights of the type under any call sign (US military aircraft left out), re-weighted to World Bank departures country by country, carried to other years by the type's flights counted each year by FAA traffic flow management (TFMSC). Flights before 2008 are not used, like the accidents. About 161 flights per aircraft per year (fleet with a median service life of about 34 years). Uncertainty roughly ±30%.
- Technology generation
- Modern business jet (type first flew from 1990)
Small fleets are pulled toward the record of the other types of their generation: 0.87 full-loss equivalents per million flights over 29 million flights. Weight of this family's own record: 83%.
- Likely range
- 50 to 100
The score is 90% likely to lie in this range, given how few accidents a type has and the error in the estimate of its flights.
- Last fatal accident
- None
No counted fatal accident.
- Hull losses
- 3
Civil aircraft destroyed or written off from all causes, including non-fatal accidents, cargo flights and attacks; airframes flown by air forces on military operations are left out. ASN gives no fate for some damaged aircraft, so this can be a little low (context only, not in the score).
Compared with everyday risks
One flight on the Dassault Falcon 2000 carries about the same risk of death as the activities near it below.
- An hour's walk1 in 14 million
- One flight on the Dassault Falcon 2000This aircraft1 in 6.6 million
- Driving 100 miles (160 km)1 in 5.9 million
- An ordinary day: accidents and violence1 in 1 million
- A day of skiing1 in 830,000
- A scuba dive1 in 500,000
- Cycling 100 miles (160 km)1 in 430,000
- Running a marathon1 in 290,000
- A skydive1 in 250,000
- A general anaesthetic1 in 100,000
- Riding a motorbike 100 miles (160 km)1 in 83,000
Accident history
No fatal accident counts toward this score.
No Falcon 2000 has had a fatal accident in our data up to 3 November 2026. The score counts the flights since 2008, about 1.7 million of them. That is a good sign, but it proves less than it seems: at the average rate of modern business jets, a fleet with this many flights could well come through with no fatal event.
What is the Falcon 2000?
It is a twin-engine, two-pilot, long-range business jet from Dassault Aviation. It first flew in 1993, entered service in 1995, and is still in production. About 700 have been built and about 630 were seen flying in 2022. Variants include the 2000EX, 2000DX, 2000LX, 2000S and 2000LXS. Owners, corporate flight departments, charter operators and some governments use it. A typical cabin seats about nine.
What does a zero mean here?
Our data holds six ASN records for the family up to 3 November 2026. None involves a death on board, and no cause repeats across them. A type with the average modern business-jet rate could well have no fatal event in about 1.7 million flights, so zero is within chance.
Confidence in the score is low, and the Falcon 2000 is not ranked yet: with no counted accident and so few flights, its likely score range is very wide, and one fatal accident would move it a lot. The method counts every civil flight of the type, whatever its purpose, and scores per flight, because take-off, approach and landing come once per flight however long the cruise. A Falcon 2000 makes about 161 flights a year in our model, more than the long-range Gulfstreams, so its flight count grows faster.
What do non-fatal records show?
- 14 April 2006, Indiana: the left engine cowling came off in cruise and hit the horizontal stabilizer. It also crushed a fuel line to about half its diameter. The NTSB gave the cause as a cowling separation for undetermined reasons. Two people were on board and none died.
- 20 September 2022, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: a bird hit during the take-off run damaged the right engine, and fan blade pieces entered the fuselage ahead of the rear pressurized bulkhead. The crew rejected the take-off. All 11 on board survived.
- Three ground losses: a snow-loaded hangar collapse at Washington-Dulles on 6 February 2010, a microburst at Houston Hobby on 4 April 2018 and a tornado at Nashville John C. Tune on 3 March 2020.
How do I check a Falcon 2000 charter?
- Ask for the air operator certificate and verify it with the national aviation authority.
- Ask whether both pilots are type-rated on the Falcon 2000 and when they last trained in a simulator.
- Look for an ARGUS or Wyvern audit.
- On a private flight there is no such audit, so ask the owner about the crew.
Compare the Gulfstream V and the Gulfstream IV. The three-engine Falcon 900 and Falcon 7X are the other Dassault long-range jets we rate.
How can I tell if I am on one?
The ICAO code is F2TH on flight trackers and flight plans. It covers every variant.
Questions people ask
Has a Falcon 2000 ever had a fatal accident?
Not in our data. Up to 3 November 2026 the Aviation Safety Network lists no Falcon 2000, 2000EX, 2000LX, 2000S, 2000DX or 2000LXS event in which a person on board died. That is a good sign. It is not proof of a very low rate, because the score counts only flights since 2008, and the family has flown only about 1.7 million of them.
Is the Falcon 2000 safer than a Gulfstream IV?
Not clearly. Since 2008 the Falcon 2000 has no counted fatal event and the Gulfstream IV family has four, and the Falcon 2000 scores higher. But with only about 1.7 million flights since 2008 the Falcon 2000 is not ranked yet, and its likely score range is wide enough to cover the Gulfstream IV's, so the data cannot tell the two apart yet.
What happened to the Falcon 2000s that ASN lists as written off?
Three airframes were Hull lossAn accident in which an aircraft is destroyed or damaged beyond economic repair. People may or may not be hurt.More in the glossary, all on the ground. A hangar roof collapsed under snow at Washington-Dulles in 2010, a thunderstorm microburst hit a hangar in Houston in 2018 and a tornado struck Nashville John C. Tune airport in 2020. No one was on board.
What is the ICAO code for the Falcon 2000?
F2TH covers the Falcon 2000 and every variant: 2000EX, 2000DX, 2000LX, 2000S and 2000LXS.
Sources
- 1.ASN record: Pepkor Group Falcon 2000 bird strike, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 20 September 2022 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 2.ASN record: Clos De Berry Leasing Falcon 2000 engine cowling loss, Indiana, 14 April 2006 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 3.ASN record: Vesey Air Falcon 2000EX, hangar collapse, Washington-Dulles, 6 February 2010 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 4.SafetyScorer exposure model: OpenSky Network flights 2022 (all operators), World Bank departures, FAA TFMSC (opens in a new tab)Flights of all kinds (private, charter, corporate, cargo, training and other civil use) 2008 to 3 November 2026: OpenSky 2022 flights of the type under any call sign (US military aircraft left out), re-weighted to World Bank departures country by country, carried to other years by the type's flights counted each year by FAA traffic flow management (TFMSC). Flights before 2008 are not used, like the accidents. About 161 flights per aircraft per year (fleet with a median service life of about 34 years). Uncertainty roughly ±30%.