Gulfstream G650 crash, Apr 2, 2011 (4 killed), Roswell
Gulfstream G650 accident on April 2, 2011 near Roswell, New Mexico, United States with 4 fatalities. Cause: Per the NTSB, an aerodynamic stall and...
- Date: April 2, 2011
- Aircraft: Gulfstream G650
- Location: Roswell, New Mexico, United States
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Per the NTSB, an aerodynamic stall and uncommanded roll during the simulated engine-out takeoff, caused by erroneously low takeoff speeds, inadequate investigation of earlier roll events, and weak management of the flight test program.
A Gulfstream G650 test aircraft crashed on takeoff from Roswell during a planned one-engine-inoperative test. A stall on the outboard right wing produced a roll the crew could not control, the wingtip struck the runway and the jet left the runway, hitting an airport weather station before a post-crash fire consumed the fuselage. All four people aboard, two pilots and two flight test engineers, were killed.