Gulfstream 695A N337DR

Summary

On 5 May 2005 at about 16:14 local time, a Gulfstream 695A registered N337DR, operated by 7 Delta Romeo, was involved in an accident near North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 May 2005 at 16:14

Classification

Accident

Location

North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

North Las Vegas (KBGT)

Coordinates

36.2125, -115.1961

Aircraft

Gulfstream 695A

Registration

N337DR

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

7 Delta Romeo

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

North Las Vegas → San Diego

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX05LA151

1 person died.

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

The passenger flying the airplane made a hard landing after the pilot had experienced an incapacitating cardiac event. Shortly after takeoff the pilot turned the plane around to return to the departure airport. He started coughing and then went unconscious. The passenger in the right seat, who had no piloting experience, took control of the airplane and made several landing attempts. During the fourth landing attempt he stalled the airplane at a low altitude. The airplane impacted terrain, landing flat on its belly a few hundred feet short of the runway. The autopsy report attributed the pilot's cause of death to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.