Gulfstream 690C N840SM
27 February 1986 · Ketchikan, Alaska, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 27 February 1986 at about 20:18 local time, a Gulfstream 690C registered N840SM, operated by Hames, Inc., was involved in an accident near Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:18
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- 55.6096, -131.5798
- Aircraft
- Gulfstream 690C
- Registration
- N840SM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hames, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Sitka → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- SEA86LA067
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
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
WHILE AT 4700 FT MSL, ON A DME HOLD AWAITING CLEARANCE FOR AN ILS/DME APCH, SEVERE TURBULENCE WAS ENCOUNTERED. THE PLT WAS AWARE OF TURBULENCE IN THE AREA.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Gulfstream 690 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 1986 | Gulfstream 690D | Price, Utah, United States | Kaiser Steel Corp | Fatal | 6 |
| 10 Oct 1985 | Gulfstream 690A | Cadillac, Michigan, United States | Thomas Wiles | Fatal | 2 |
| 3 Aug 1984 | Gulfstream 690 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1984 | Gulfstream 690B | Millinocket, Maine, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1984 | Gulfstream 690C | Wooster, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Mar 1989 | Gulfstream 690A | Bismark, North Dakota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 1986 | Piper J3C-65 | Yentna River, Alaska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 1986 | Piper PA-12 | Soldotna, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 1986 | Bellanca 7ECA | Polly Creek, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Apr 1986 | Interstate 15B2 | Port Heiden, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Apr 1986 | Piper PA-22 | Chugiak, Alaska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 May 1986 | Consolidated-Vultee L-13 | Fairbanks, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |