We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Following an uneventful charter flight from Lubumbashi-Lueno Airport, the crew made a steep approach followed by a hard landing. The aircraft bounced and climbed to a height of about 20 feet, landed again and went out of control. It veered off runway to the left, collided with a rocky embankment, lost its undercarriage and came to rest, broken in several pieces. All five occupants escaped uninjured while the airplane was destroyed. Probable cause (official findings): Wrong approach configuratio
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I