Gulfstream GII crash, Jun 17, 1991 (4 killed), Charallave...
Gulfstream GII accident on June 17, 1991 near Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela with 4 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: June 17, 1991
- Aircraft: Gulfstream GII
- Location: Charallave-Óscar Machado Zuloaga, Miranda, Venezuela
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after an improvised, unapproved night approach that took the aircraft below the minimum safe altitude.
A Gulfstream II on a positioning flight from Caracas to Charallave was told the ILS glideslope for runway 10 was unserviceable. The captain chose an unapproved LOC/DME approach at night, and the aircraft descended below safe altitude and struck a mountain slope about 9 km from the airport. It broke up on impact and all four occupants died.