Gulfstream 690D N200PR
7 May 1986 · Price, Utah, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 7 May 1986 at about 17:06 local time, a Gulfstream 690D registered N200PR, operated by Kaiser Steel Corp, was involved in an accident near Price, Utah, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:06
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Price, Utah, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.5706, -110.8008
- Aircraft
- Gulfstream 690D
- Registration
- N200PR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Kaiser Steel Corp
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Colorado Spring → Price
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN86MA129
People
6 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
AT 1042 MDT, THE FLT RPRTD MOD TURBC AT FL 240, BUT ELECTED TO REMAIN AT THAT ALT. AT 1055, THEY WERE CLRD TO DSCND AT PLT'S DESCRETION TO MAINT 12,000'. APRX 8 MIN LATER, SHORTLY AFTER BGNG A DSCNT, THE FLT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHG FREQ; BUT21 SECS LATER, THEY REPLIED 'STANDBY PLEASE,' THEN RADIO & RADAR CONTACT WERE LOST. WRECKAGE WAS FND APRX 26 MI EAST OF THE DESTN ARPT IN MTNS. AN EXAM REVEALED THE EMPENNAGE HAD SEPD IN FLT; PIECES OF IT WERE FND UP TO 1 MI AWAY WITH INDCNOF OVERLOAD FAILURE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THAT: ENGS WERE NOT OPERATING AT GND IMPACT, IGNITION SWS WERE ENGAGED; L ENG START SW WAS IN THE 'AIR' START PSN & R SW WAS BEYOND THE 'GROUND' START PSN; R PROP WAS FEATHERED; PAX OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED, INDICATING CABIN HAD DEPRESSURIZED ABV 15,000'. WX INFO INDCD CLD BASES AT 10,000' WITH IMC & TURBC TO 25,000', MIXED ICG FM 20,000' TO 25,000', LGT RAIN/SNW SHWRS, WIDELY SCAT TSTMS; APRX 15 MI SOUTH, 4' TO 5' OF HAIL FELLAT APRX THAT TIME. TPE 331 ENGS HAD HISTORY OF FLAMEOUTS DUE TO ICE INJESTION CAUSED BY IMP USE OF ANTI-ICE/IGNITION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Gulfstream 690 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 1986 | Gulfstream 690C | Ketchikan, Alaska, United States | Hames, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Oct 1986 | Cessna 152 | Price, Utah, United States | Monarch Aviation, Inc. | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 1986 | Bell 47G-3B-1 | Goshen, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Nov 1986 | Cessna 150 | St. George, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1986 | Beechcraft A23-24 | Vernal, Utah, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jan 1986 | Piper PA-22-150 | Cedar City, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Mar 1986 | Cessna 172F | Ephraim, Utah, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |