Gulfstream GIV VT-MST

Summary

On 13 July 2009 at about 08:15 local time, a Gulfstream GIV registered VT-MST, operated by Asia Aviation Ltd, was involved in an incident near Kerry, Ireland. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 July 2009 at 08:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Kerry, Ireland

Nearest airport

Kerry Airport (EIKY)

Coordinates

52.0778, -9.5203

Aircraft

Gulfstream GIV

Registration

VT-MST

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Asia Aviation Ltd

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kerry → London

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

CEN09RA443

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On July 13, 2009, at 0815 Coordinated Universal Time, a Gulfstream Aerospace G IV SP, VT-MST, registered to Asia Aviation Ltd, descended below the minimum safe altitude and flew near mountainous terrain in instrument meteorological conditions after departing from the Kerry Airport (EIKY), Farranfore, Ireland. The two crew members and passenger were not injured. The AAIU requested an analysis of the pilot's forward windscreen which experienced a failure of the outboard glass ply. An analysis of the windscreen was conducted at PPG Aerospace under the supervision of the National Transportation Safety Board. Analysis results were submitted to the Irish investigator-in-charge for consideration. In addition, several sections of the outboard glass ply were swabbed for potential bird deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The samples were tested by the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Lab which determined that bird DNA was not present. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ireland. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Ireland. Further information pertaining to his accident may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) Department of Transportation 44 Kildare St Dublin 2 Ireland

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.