Monday, April 13, 2015

NTSB OPENS DOCKET ON DEADLY GULFSTREAM CRASH IN MASSACHUSETTS THAT TOOK 7 LIVES LAST YEAR








APRIL 8, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC

As part of its continuing investigation into the crash of a Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation G-IV that occurred in Bedford, Massachusetts, the National Transportation Safety Board has opened the accident docket, releasing about 800 pages of documents. 

On May 31, 2014, about 2140 eastern daylight time1, a Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation G-IV, N121JM, operated by Arizin Ventures, LLC, crashed after a rejected takeoff and runway excursion at Laurence G. Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts. 

The two pilots, a flight attendant, and four passengers were fatally injured.
The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. 

The personal flight, which was destined for Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), Atlantic City, New Jersey, was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. 

An instrument flight rules flight plan was filed. 

Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

The information released is factual in nature and does not provide any analysis. Included in the docket are investigative group factual reports, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) transcript, flight data recorder (FDR) plots and other documents from the investigation.

The docket material is available at: http://go.usa.gov/3DBuQ 
Additional material may be added to the docket as it becomes available. 

Analysis of the accident, along with a determination of probable cause, will come later when the final report on the investigation is completed.

This is a document release only. No interviews are being conducted.