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On 12 February 2012, a Katanga Express Gulfstream IV business jet carrying several Congolese government officials overran the runway and crashed on landing at Kavumu Airport near Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Two crew members and two passengers were killed, along with two people on the ground. [1]
The G450 is lengthened 1 ft (0.305 m) over the G400 and shares the forward fuselage and larger cockpit of the G550. Following its first flight on 30 April 2003, production of the G450 began in October 2004, replacing the G400.
The G600 cabin is 3.7 ft (1.1 m) longer than the G500, allowing up to four passenger zones or three 8.75 ft (2.67 m) long zones, a longer galley and a forward crew rest. [ 44 ] The wing is a supercritical design with a 0.87 to 0.88 drag divergence Mach number depending upon lift coefficient. [ 41 ]
The NTSB found that the flight crew failed to adhere to required pre-flight procedures. [5] Critically, the pilots failed to conduct a flight control check, which would have revealed that the airplane's " gust lock " system, which protects the elevator, ailerons, and rudder from wind gusts while the airplane is parked by locking them in place ...
In 2009, Gulfstream International Airlines came under additional scrutiny due to three fatal crashes that all involved pilots [6] that were trained at the Gulfstream Training Academy (its sister company [7]), the last one in February 2009, where 50 died on Colgan Air Flight 3407 near Buffalo, NY. [8] [5]
On 15 December 2021, a Gulfstream G-IVSP, crashed at Las Américas International Airport, Punta Caucedo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, killing all nine people on board, including Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie. [1] [2] HI1050, the aircraft involved, photographed in July 2019.
Peregrine 600 Peregrine in 1981 Role Military jet trainer Type of aircraft National origin United States of America Manufacturer Gulfstream American First flight 22 May 1981 Number built 1 Developed from Gulfstream American Hustler Developed into Gulfstream Peregrine The Gulfstream American Peregrine 600 was a military trainer aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s but ...
The Gulfstream G650 is a large business jet produced by Gulfstream Aerospace. [3] The model is designated Gulfstream GVI in its type certificate. [4] The aircraft can be configured to carry from 11 to 18 passengers over a range of 7,000 nautical miles [nmi] (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at a top speed of Mach 0.925 (530.6 kn; 982.7 km/h; 610.6 mph).