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Dassault Falcon 50
The Dassault Falcon 50 is a French super mid-sized, long-range
Falcon 50
business jet, featuring a trijet layout with an S-duct air intake for
the central engine. It has the same fuselage cross-section and
similar capacity as the earlier twin-engine Falcon 20 but is a
completely new design that is area ruled and includes a more
advanced wing design.[3]

Contents
Design and development
Variants French Air Force Falcon 50
Operators Role Business jet
Former operators
Manufacturer Dassault Aviation
Accidents and incidents
First flight 7 November 1976
Specifications (50EX)
Status Production ended; in active
See also
use
References
Bibliography Primary users Armee de l'Air
External links South African Air Force
Portuguese Air Force
Italian Air Force

Design and development Produced 1976–2008[1]

Number built 352
The first prototype flew on 7 November 1976, with French
airworthiness certification on 27 February 1979, followed by U.S. Unit cost $US21.15 million (2006)[2]
Federal Aviation Administration certification on 7 March 1979.[3] Developed from Dassault Falcon 20
Dassault developed a maritime surveillance and environmental Variants Dassault Falcon 900
protection version as the Gardian 50.[4]

The Falcon 50 was later updated as the Falcon 50EX, the first of which flew in 1996,[5] and the last of which was delivered
in 2008.[1] The Falcon 50EX features improved engines and other enhancements to give further range improvements to
an already long-legged jet. The Falcon 50EX designation applies to serial numbers 253–352, which marks the end of the
production line for the Falcon 50/50EX.

The last Falcon 50EX was built in late 2007 and delivered in early 2008.

Successors to the Falcon 50 are the Falcon 7X[6] and the Falcon 900 featuring a larger fuselage and the same three-engine
arrangement. Dassault announced in January 2008 what is essentially a replacement aircraft for the Falcon 50,
codenamed the "SMS" (Super Mid Size). The basic design process, including engine selection was supposed to be
completed by early 2009. However, in a June 2009 press conference, CEO Charles Edelstenne said that all design choices
had been reopened and the goal was extended to the end of the year.

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Dassault and Aviation Partners Inc. have announced that High Mach blended winglets were being developed for the
Falcon 50 as a retrofit kit.

Variants
Falcon 50
Basic initial variant with Honeywell TFE 731-3-1C engines
and optional auxiliary power unit (APU); 252 manufactured,
with one serving as a prototype for the Falcon 50EX.[7][8]

Falcon 50EX
Marketing name for Falcon 50 with TFE 731-40 engines; an
APU installed as standard equipment; changes to the
rudder control system; updated avionics; and other Falcon 50 of the Iranian government
improvements; 100 manufactured, plus one modified Falcon landing at Mehrabad International
50[7][8] Airport in Tehran

Operators
France

French Navy operate 8 Falcon 50M for maritime surveillance.

Iran

Iranian Air Force and Meraj Airlines

Maltese-registered Falcon 50EX on
Italy approach to Geneva in Switzerland
The Italian Air Force operated four Falcon 50s from 1985 until 2005, when
two aircraft were retired[9]

Morocco
Portugal

Portuguese Air Force

Serbia

Government of Serbia Yugoslav government Falcon 50 in

1984
South Africa

South African Air Force

Venezuela

Venezuelan Air Force

Bolivia

Bolivian Air Force

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Former operators

Benin
Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

Burundi
Djibouti

Djibouti Air Force

Egypt
Iraq
Jordan

Royal Jordanian Air Force

Jordanian Royal Flight

Libya
Rwanda
Spain

Spanish Air Force

Sudan
Switzerland

Swiss Air Force

Accidents and incidents

Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira: Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana,
Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, the Chief of Staff of the Rwandan military, two Burundian ministers, and
seven others were killed when Habyarimana's Dassault Falcon 50 was shot down over Kigali airport and crashed on
the grounds of the Rwandan presidential residence on 6 April 1994. The assassination of Habyarimana triggered the
Rwandan genocide.[10][11]
2014 Falcon 50 Vnukovo ground collision: on 20 October 2014 at 2357 Local Time, Falcon 50EX F-GLSA was
departing from Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport on a flight to Paris when it hit a snow removal vehicle. After
the impact the aircraft rolled upside down, crashed and was destroyed by fire. All four people on board – the CEO of
Total S.A. oil and gas company Christophe de Margerie and the three crew members – were killed.[12]

Specifications (50EX)
Data from Flight International[13]

General characteristics

Crew: two
Capacity: eight to nine passengers
Length: 18.52 m (60 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 18.86 m (61 ft 10 in)
Height: 6.98 m (22 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 46.83 m² (504.1 ft²[14])

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Empty weight: 9889 kg (21800 lbs)

Useful load: 8,119 kg (17,900 lbs)
Max. takeoff weight: 18,008 kg (39,700 lbs)
Max Landing Weight: 16,200kg / 35,715lbs
Payload with full fuel: 1,080kg / 2,380lbs
Fuel Capacity: 7039 kg / 15520 lbs
Cabin Length: 23’ 5” / 7.14m
Cabin Width: Max: 6’ 1” / 1.86m Floor: 5' 2" / 1.57m
Cabin Height: 5’ 9” / 1.75m
Powerplant: 3 × Honeywell TFE 731-40 turbofan engines, 16.46kN each
(3,700 lbf) each Dassault Falcon 50 cabin interior

Performance

Maximum speed: Mach 0.956 (1,015 kph)

Cruise speed: Mach 0.85 (488 kn; 903 km/h)
Range: 5,695 km (3,075 nmi) ()
Service ceiling: 14,936 m (49,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 10.43 m/s (2,053 fpm)
Take off Distance: 1,504 m / 4,935 ft
Landing Distance: 658 m / 2,159 ft
Avionics
Collins ProLine4

See also
Dassault Falcon family

Related development

Dassault Falcon 20
Dassault Falcon 900

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

Hawker 4000
Gulfstream G200
Bombardier Challenger 300
Cessna Citation X

Related lists

List of civil aircraft

References
1. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/05/13/223620/what-crisis-business-aviation-continues-to-ride-high.-we-look-
at-manufacturers-latest-offerings.html
2. "Purchase Planning Handbook" (http://awin.aviationweek.com/portals/awin/PDFs/BCAHandbook/2006/2006_busines
s_airplanes.pdf) (PDF). Business & Commercial Aviation. Aviation Week. May 2006.
3. Taylor 1988, p.75.

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4. Taylor 1993, p.928

5. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/1996/05/01/17122/dassault-flies-falcon-50ex-for-first-time.html
6. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2002/07/16/151403/longer-faster-7x.html
7. Type Certificate Data Sheet A46EU, p. 4
8. Type Certificate Data Sheet A46EU, p. 16
9. Official website Aeronautica Militare (http://www.aeronautica.difesa.it/Mezzi/velivoliDotazione/Pagine/Falcon50.aspx)
10. Raymond Bonner (November 12, 1994). "Unsolved Rwanda Mystery: The President's Plane Crash" (https://www.nyti
mes.com/1994/11/12/world/unsolved-rwanda-mystery-the-president-s-plane-crash.html&pagewanted=all). The New
York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
11. "ASN Aircraft accident Dassault Falcon 50 9XR-NN Kigali (http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=1994040
6-1)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
12. Accident description for ASN Aircraft accident 20-OCT-2014 Dassault Falcon 50EX F-GLSA (https://aviation-safety.ne
t/database/record.php?id=170549) at the Aviation Safety Network
13. "Super Mid-Size Jets" (https://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getAsset.aspx?ItemID=14999). Flight International.
14. Taylor 1988, pp.75–76.

Bibliography
Federal Aviation Administration Type Certificate Data Sheet No. A46EU, Revision 18: Dassault Aviation Mystere-
Falcon 50, Mystere-Falcon 900, Falcon 900EX; August 17, 2016
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1993). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
Taylor, John W. R. (editor). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1988–89. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group.
ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.

External links
Dassault Falcon 50 official website (http://www.dassaultfalcon.com/aircraft/50ex/)
Falcon 50 at Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=174)

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