G650 Down in Roswell, NM

[s60]

RIP and my condolences to their friends, family, and aquaintances.

 

[turbomax97]

RIP, unrestricted climb.

 

[Roger, Roger]

Mine just went to complete crap . I personally know and have flown with at least 1 of the FTEs and one of the pilots. I dont know who the second pilot was yet for sure, although I have a strong idea. Doug PM me and I will give you details

Jim

Aw man... sorry to hear it.

 

[MichaelC]

Condolences to all the friend and family of the crew. RIP to the crew. Very sad..

 

[Baronpilot244]

RIP

Bp244

 

[RobertB]

I just watched the G-650 take off in Savannah a week ago. They were leaving right in front of us. Sad.

Do you fly the SAV to ORD route for ASQ?

 

[Pilot5510]

Very Sad indeed. RIP

 

[SpiraMirabilis]

I just watched the G-650 take off in Savannah a week ago. They were leaving right in front of us. Sad.

I don't think it was the same one, this one has been in Roswell for a little over a month. They have another one doing testing though.

 

[SurferLucas]

Very sad to hear about this crash and the loss of 4 of our own. RIP

The AJC has a story with the release of the names this evening, if anyone cares to see it.

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/gulfstream-ids-4-killed-896809.html

 

[ASpilot2be]

RIP

The Gulfstream crews are all amazing people.

 

[LatitudeDancer]

Here's an update:
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/G650CrashUpdateCrewWasTestingBrakes_204421-1.html

 

[dustoff17]

Very Sad.
Sounds a lot like the Bombardier crash at KICT a few years back. Tooks off and immediately the right wing hit the runway. (unbalanced fuel suspected)

 

[SpiraMirabilis]

I flew over the crash site this evening going to work and while I have no training nor experience as any kind of crash investigator and I had a limited time to observe, here is what I saw:

It happened on runway 21, between a third and halfway down the runway there are large blackened furrows on the right in the ground where they departed the runway, the aircraft must have slid and pivoted right to the point where it was perpendicular to the runway and seemed to keep sliding what seemed to be a long way, coming very close to colliding with the control tower itself before coming to a stop say 50-100ft from the tower. The wreck appeared in one piece facing about 90 degrees or more to the right of the runway centerline but it was completely blackened and burned out.
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[MikeD]

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[ASpilot2be]

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Wow! That is sad to look at.

 

[Firebird2XC]

Man, that's a bummer.

On the upside, at least they won't have to move it far to scrap it.

/gallows humor

 

[OldTownPilot]

Unfortunately it looks very survivable except for the fire.

I wonder what the fuel load they had on board was.

 

[SteveC]

NTSB:

NTSB Identification: CEN11MA258
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Saturday, April 02, 2011 in Roswell, NM
Aircraft: GULFSTREAM GVI, registration: N652GD
Injuries: 4 Fatal.

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.

On April 2, 2011, about 0934 mountain daylight time, a Gulfstream GVI (G650) airplane, N652GD, was substantially damaged after impact with terrain during takeoff at Roswell International Air Center Airport (ROW), Roswell, New Mexico. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a company flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. The two flight crewmembers and the two technical crewmembers were fatally injured. The flight had originated from ROW about 0700 for a local area flight.

The airplane was operating under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Experimental Certificate of Airworthiness and was performing a take off with a simulated engine failure to determine take-off distance requirements at minimum flap setting.

Wingtip scrape marks beginning on the runway approximately 5,300 feet from the end of the runway lead toward the final resting spot about 3,800 feet from the first marks on the runway. Witnesses close to the scene saw the airplane sliding on the ground with sparks and smoke coming from the bottom of the wing, and described the airplane being fully involved in fire while still moving across the ground. The airplane struck several obstructions and came to rest upright about 200 feet from the base of the airport control tower. Several airport rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) units responded quickly and fought the fire.

 

[pullup]

What would cause that? Landing gear collapse?

 

[Corporate Pilot]

From the Savannnah news paper.

A Gulfstream G650 flight test aircraft was practicing a takeoff with the simulated failure of one of its two engines when it crashed on a runway in Roswell, N.M., Saturday, killing all four people on board.
In a preliminary report posted on its website late Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the aircraft “was performing a takeoff with a simulated engine failure to determine takeoff distance requirements at minimum flap setting.”