# NTSB DCA12RA110: Gulfstream GIV, N823GA, Le Castellet, France, July 13, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 13, 2012, 13:18 local (13:18 UTC)
- Place: Le Castellet, France
- Coordinates: 43.25098, 5.786818
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2510&lon=5.7868&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84312
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12RA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84312/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12RA110

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=3980115), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N823GA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823GA-2018-09-13), registration cancelled 2018-09-13, S/N 1005, built 1987 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GIV (G400)
- Registry model: [Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV](https://openairdocs.org/model/gulfstream-aerospace-g-iv) (registry code 3980115) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce TAY-611SER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-tay-611ser) (registry code 54561, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1005
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Positioning, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Universal Jet Aviation
- Registered owner: Jetstar Aviation Services LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LFMN, Nice
- Destination: LFMQ, Le Castellet
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LFMQ, Le Castellet, runway 13, 5,700 ×  ft

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Observed at: LFMQ

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20120713024159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120713024159A), Jul 13, 2012: Gulfstream Aerospace G-IV, Le Cassette, Destroyed, 3 fatal. The aircraft was being repositioned to le castellet when the aircraft departed the right side of the runway and impacted trees.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.