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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Gulfstream Aerospace GVII-G600 · Birmingham, AL · May 27, 2026

Date
May 27, 2026 · 13:05 local
Place
Birmingham, AL
Airport
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N600WE
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA26LA218
Reported as
Gulfstream Aerospace GVII-G600
People aboard
14
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
13,461 total652 in this make and model64 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During short final the aircraft entered an area of heavy rain. At touchdown, the aircraft began to veer to the right resulting in the right main landing gear leaving the paved portion of the runway and onto the grass striking two runway edge lights. The right wing struck a runway marking sign before pilots regained control and re-entered the paved portion of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

DURING SHORT FINAL THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT RESULTING IN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEAVING THE PAVED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS STRIKING TWO RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS. THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A RUNWAY MARKING SIGN BEFORE PILOTS REGAINED CONTROL AND RE-ENTERED THE PAVED PORTION OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.