Gulfstream G-III N85VT

Summary

On 22 November 2004 at about 11:15 local time, a Gulfstream G-III registered N85VT, operated by The Jet Place, Inc., was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 November 2004 at 11:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Houston Hobby Airport (KHOU)

Coordinates

29.6014, -95.3267

Aircraft

Gulfstream G-III

Registration

N85VT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

The Jet Place, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → Houston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

DCA05MA011

3 people died.

the flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and cross check the flight instruments during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to select the instrument landing system frequency in a timely manner and to adhere to approved company approach procedures, including the stabilized approach criteria.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm. The Aircraft Accident Brief number is NTSB/AAB-06/06. On November 22, 2004, about 0615 central standard time, a Gulfstream G-1159A, N85VT, operated by Business Jet Services Ltd., struck a light pole and crashed about 3 miles southwest of William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas, while on an instrument landing system approach to runway 4. The two pilots and the flight attendant were killed, an individual in a vehicle near the airport received minor injuries, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The airplane was being operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.