# NTSB GAA22WA050: Gulfstream GIV, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, December 15, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 15, 2021, 17:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic · Forested area adjacent to MDSD runway 35
- Coordinates: 18.426933, -69.662995
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4269&lon=-69.6630&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 9 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104412/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA050

## Sequence of events

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

- [Emergency descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HI-1050 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULFSTREAM GIV (SP)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1482
- Year built: 2002
- Airframe hours: 6258
- 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

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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