Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Gulfstream G-IV, N317MJ: Fatal accident occurred May 04, 2021 in Samana, Dominican Republic

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Miami, Florida, International Field Office

Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.

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Date: 04-MAY-21
Time: 22:48:00Z
Regis#: N317MJ
Aircraft Make: GULSTREAM
Aircraft Model: G-IV
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 1
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
City: SAMANA
State: SAMANA
Country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Timestamp 5/05/2021 07:51:00 AM

8 comments:

  1. AnonymousSaturday, May 8, 2021 at 12:34:00 PM EDT

    Is a GIV a single pilot plane

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    1. Etac67Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 6:30:00 PM EDT

      It can technically be flown by one pilot but is not certified nor legal to do so anywhere in the world in nations that observe ICAO standards (36 nations from Argentina to Zambia). There are controls on the co-pilot's panel that require operation like the pressurization and oxygen systems which cannot be reached from the belted captain's seat.

      That said, this is a very abbreviated report. Just because it says 1 fatal does not mean that was the number of souls on board.

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  2. UnknownSaturday, May 8, 2021 at 9:22:00 PM EDT

    It is not.. I'm waiting to find out more info about this accident. Did someone steal on their own?

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  3. UnknownMonday, May 10, 2021 at 3:42:00 PM EDT

    If my records are correct, this GIV serial number 1122 was originally purchased by Union Carbide in early 1990. Still looking into that. Samana is only 3920 Ft by 85ft. Not sure if he tried to land there. Great plane, sad it met this end

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    1. PierreTuesday, May 11, 2021 at 4:03:00 AM EDT

      Destination was MDCY Samana El Catey, runway is 9 842 ft long

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  4. ColinBMonday, May 10, 2021 at 5:44:00 PM EDT

    Drugs or a botched repo, I suspect. Given the locale, I doubt the NTSB Go-Team is on the scene.

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  5. AllenMonday, May 10, 2021 at 9:43:00 PM EDT

    MBNA owned the plane for a while before they sold the company to Bank of America. This was an incredible corporate jet at one time! Sad to hear about it crashing.

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  6. AnonymousSaturday, December 9, 2023 at 12:39:00 PM EST

    There was no accident with this aircraft. There was never any wreckage found. Do you really think a plane crashed at 10pm in the DR and the FAA reported this destroyed at 0700 the next day? Really, with no wreckage found or no news story of an accident? This plane was owned and sold by company 6 months prior to Mexico. The plane was timed out. You can guess who purchased the plane. There are other details that transpired that I won't mention. One year after the crash, I received a call, as the last registered owner of the ELT, with the new owner requesting to change ownership to them. ONE YEAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT!!! I can guess what happened because I know the players behind the scenes. Plane is still in one piece folks.

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