APRIL 8, 2015
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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.
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