# NTSB CEN09RA443: Gulfstream GIV, Kerry, Ireland, July 13, 2009

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 13, 2009, 08:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place: Kerry, Ireland
- Coordinates: 52.077777, -9.520277 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=52.0778&lon=-9.5203&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: National Transporation Safety Board (NTSB), Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74283
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09RA443
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74283/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74283
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09RA443

## Factual narrative

On July 13, 2009, at 0815 Coordinated Universal Time, a Gulfstream Aerospace G IV SP, VT-MST, registered to Asia Aviation Ltd, descended below the minimum safe altitude and flew near mountainous terrain in instrument meteorological conditions after departing from the Kerry Airport (EIKY), Farranfore, Ireland. The two crew members and passenger were not injured. The AAIU requested an analysis of the pilot's forward windscreen which experienced a failure of the outboard glass ply. An analysis of the windscreen was conducted at PPG Aerospace under the supervision of the National Transportation Safety Board. Analysis results were submitted to the Irish investigator-in-charge for consideration. In addition, several sections of the outboard glass ply were swabbed for potential bird deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). The samples were tested by the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Lab which determined that bird DNA was not present. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ireland. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Ireland. Further information pertaining to his accident may be obtained from: Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) Department of Transportation 44 Kildare St Dublin 2 Ireland

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-MST (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GIV (SP)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1379
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Asia Aviation Ltd
- Registered owner: Asia Aviation Ltd
- Departed: EIKY, Kerry
- Destination: EGGW, London
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: EIKY, Kerry Airport

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 3, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=74283. 115 KB in all.

- Foreign accident narrative (item 1, .PDF, 45 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40319428&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Foreign%20accident%20narrative-Master.PDF
- Correspondence: Negative bird strike email (item 2, .PDF, 71 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40319415&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Correspondence%3A%20Negative%20bird%20strike%20email-Redacted.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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