NTSB/AAR-15/03 Runway Overrun During Rejected Takeoff GLF4 Bedford MA USA 2014

NTSB/AAR-15/03 Runway Overrun During Rejected Takeoff GLF4 Bedford MA USA 2014

Publication info
Author
NTSB
Category
Airworthiness Fire Smoke and Fumes Runway Excursion Human Factors
Date of publication
09/09/2015

NTSB/AAR-15/03 PB2015-105492 On 31 May 2014, a Gulfstream IV attempted to take off with the flight control gust locks engaged and, when unable to rotate, delayed initiating the inevitable rejected take off to a point where an overrun at high speed was inevitable. The aircraft was destroyed by a combination of impact forces and fire and all seven occupants died. The Investigation attributed the accident to the way the crew were found to have habitually operated but noted that type certification had been granted despite the aircraft not having met requirements which would have generated an earlier gust lock status warning.

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