- Date
- December 15, 2021, 17:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · Forested area adjacent to MDSD runway 35
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- HI-1050Gulfstream GIV
- Defining event
- Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA / AVP-100, Gulfstream, AAIB, Parker Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, BFU, CIAA
- Case key
- 104412
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HI-1050
- Reported as
- Gulfstream GIV (SP)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1482
- Built
- 2002
- Airframe hours
- 6,258
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Helidosa Aviation Group S.A.
- Registered owner
- Helidosa Aviation Group S.A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 1, 2021 · 194.3 hours before
- Departed
- MDJB · Santo Domingo, OF
- Destination
- KMCO · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MDSD · Las Americas International Airport, runway 35, 1,104 × 197 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 6.21 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- MDSD
- METAR
- MDSD 152100Z 06008KT 9999 FEW018CB SCT020 28/21 Q1014 CB/N