Rockwell Gulfstream 690C Jetprop 840 crash, Oct 26, 2023
Rockwell Gulfstream 690C Jetprop 840 accident on October 26, 2023 near Reno-Stead, Nevada, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: October 26, 2023
- Aircraft: Rockwell Gulfstream 690C Jetprop 840
- Location: Reno-Stead, Nevada, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot applicant's excessive nose down pitch and the check pilot's delayed remedial action led to impact with terrain (NTSB).
A Gulfstream Jetprop 840 on a familiarization flight pitched down excessively on final approach at about 100 feet and hit terrain short of the runway at Reno Stead. The two aboard survived. The NTSB blamed the pilot applicant's excessive nose down pitch and the check pilot's delayed remedial action.