Gulfstream Aerospace G-V N1948Z accident, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Apr 10, 2025 · NTSB GAA25WA137

Date: April 10, 2025, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
Place: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Injuries: 1 serious, 14 uninjured
Damage: Substantial damage
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N1948ZGulfstream Aerospace G-V
Defining event: Landing: Landing area undershoot
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency: Other
Parties: DAAIA
Case key: 200010

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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.

Landing area undershootLandingGulfstream Aerospace G-V: 1 case All aircraft: 201 casesDefining event

Landing gear collapseLanding-landing rollGulfstream Aerospace G-V: 2 cases All aircraft: 1,787 cases

Runway excursionLanding-landing rollGulfstream Aerospace G-V: 1 case All aircraft: 3,643 cases

Aircraft

Registration: N1948Z
Reported as: Gulfstream Aerospace G-V
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 600
Built: 2000
Engines: Rolls-Royce BR700-710A1-10, 14,750 lbs thrust, turbo fanRolls-Royce BR700-710A1-10, 14,750 lbs thrust, turbo fan
Damage: Substantial damage
Flight: Business · Part 135
Operator: Talon Air, doing business as Talon Air
Registered owner: Bank Of Utah Trustee
Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
Departed: KTEB · Teterboro, NJ
Destination: MMSL · Cabo San Lucas
Flight plan: IFR
Airport: MMSL · Cabo San Lucas International, runway 29, 7,874 × ft, asphalt
Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Data recorder, Electronic primary flight display

N1948ZRegistered now · Gulfstream Aerospace G-VS/N 600 · Built 2000 Airframe modelGulfstream Aerospace G-V Engine modelBMW Rolls BR-700 seriesTurbo-fan

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind: 250° at 13 knots
Visibility: 10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling: None
Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 41 °F
Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
Observed at: MMSL
METAR: MMSL 102339Z 25013KT 10SM SKC 28/05 A2998 RMK INCURSION EN PISTA