Gulfstream G200 crash, Jan 16, 2009, Oradea
Gulfstream G200 accident on January 16, 2009 near Oradea, Bihor, Romania with no fatalities. Cause: The crew misjudged the touchdown point after visual...
- Date: January 16, 2009
- Aircraft: Gulfstream G200
- Location: Oradea, Bihor, Romania
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The crew misjudged the touchdown point after visual confusion caused by the contrast between snow-covered terrain and the cleared runway.
A Gulfstream G200 charter from Bucharest landed at Oradea in marginal weather with snow on the ground. The crew misjudged the touchdown point and landed 761 metres past the runway 19 threshold. The aircraft could not stop, overran and came to rest in a drainage ditch, and all 13 occupants escaped uninjured.