Gulfstream 690B N699GN

Summary

On 6 December 1984 at about 17:35 local time, a Gulfstream 690B registered N699GN was involved in an accident near Millinocket, Maine, United States. 8 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 December 1984 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Millinocket, Maine, United States

Nearest airport

Millinocket (MLT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Gulfstream 690B

Registration

N699GN

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Portland → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC85LA038

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

PLT STATED THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, ACFT BEGAN A LEFT DRIFT. AS PLT APPLIED CORRECTIVE INPUT, HE NOTED THE LEFT WHEEL WAS IN A SNOW WINDROW, SO ADDITIONAL INPUT WAS MADE TO BREAK WHEEL FREE OF WINDOW. LEFT WHEEL CROSSED WINDROW AS ACFT SWERVED RIGHT BUT PLT WAS UNABLE TO ARREST SWERVE BEFORE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED WINDROW ON RIGHT SIDE, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. ACFT CONTINUED OFF RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY, STRIKING VASI LIGHTS WITH BOTH PROPS AND THE MAIN LNDG GEAR. PLT WAS AWARE ONLY CENTER 75 FT OF 150 FT WIDE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED AND BELIEVED TOUCHDOWN WAS ON RUNWAY CENTER. A 130 DEGREE RIGHT CROSSWIND OF 10-15 KTS EXISTED AT THE TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.