G-IV overrun CYQX

[BoilerUP]

But I thought Gulfstreams, with their massive brakes & thrust reversers, didn't go off wet/contaminated runways...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/10/31/nl-gander-plane-runway.html

Police say a small plane carrying six people went off the end of a runway in Gander, N.L., on Saturday, apparently because of rainy weather.
The aircraft skidded off the runway at Gander International Airport around 6 p.m. NT and stopped in the grass, about a metre past the end of the tarmac, an RCMP release said.
There was no damage to the 22-seat Gulfstream IV and no one on board was hurt.
The pilot indicated certain equipment was failing as he tried to stop and believed he couldn't because of runway and weather conditions, but provided no further details, police said. It was windy and raining at the time.
The plane was en route from the Netherlands and was refuelling in Gander before continuing on a flight to Palm Beach, Fla.
The aircraft, registered to Ashton Aviation in Seattle, Wash., was pulled back onto the runway and resumed its trip to the U.S. around 9:30 p.m. NT.


Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundla.../31/nl-gander-plane-runway.html#ixzz14359fLdx​

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[say again]

Ya can't blame a plane for pilot mistakes!!:laugh::beer:

 

[stupidpilot]

8900' or 10200' feet of runway how could you run off the end of that? I wonder what happened.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Hell yeah, pull it out of the mud and continue. Even after "certain equipment failing"



22 seat GIV. Now thats gotta be comfy. Big windows and all.

 

[con-pilot]

Good thing it was a G-V, if it had been a Falcon 900 or 7X, it would probably still be going.

 

[ultrarunner]

8900' or 10200' feet of runway how could you run off the end of that?...

Provided nothing broke, maybe not getting down in the touch-down-zone.

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Good thing it was a G-V, if it had been a Falcon 900 or 7X, it would probably still be going.

GIV.


and if it was a 7X they wouldn't have needed a lameass fuel stop (in an arctic dump like Gander) on a chip shot like EHAM-KPBI....

 

[greed]

GIV.


and if it was a 7X they wouldn't have needed a lameass fuel stop (in an arctic dump like Gander) on a chip shot like EHAM-KPBI....

Now that's a good one, I almost spilled my burnt FBO coffee laughing

 

[stupidpilot]

Provided nothing broke, maybe not getting down in the touch-down-zone.

Even if they didn't land until 1/2 way down the runway they still should've been able to stop I would think. Not too many guys around that are flying a G-IV that would be making a rookie mistake like that.

 

[moonlight]

GIV.


and if it was a 7X they wouldn't have needed a lameass fuel stop (in an arctic dump like Gander) on a chip shot like EHAM-KPBI....

...we'd still be stuck @ EHAM, most likely due to yet another FCS test fail.