On December 15, 2021, a Gulfstream Aerospace GIV-SP with registration HI-1050 owned by Helidosa Aviation Group crashed while landing at Las Americas International Airport, Dominican Republic, killing nine people, including music producer ‘Flow La Movie’.
The Aviation Accident Investigation Commission (CIAA) was notified on the same day, and the investigation crew had arrived two hours after the accident. Two separate groups were created which would analyze the operational and maintenance aspects. The FAA, NTSB, Gulfstream, and Rolls Royce were part of the investigation. After arriving in the country on December 17, the representatives inspected the site on the same day.
According to the report, the aircraft was taken to a hanger for maintenance on the day of the incident, which lasted for 3 hours. After the plane was taken out from the hanger, it was still being worked on by five technicians under the right-wing. The spoilers in both wings were extended and retracted.
Another camera showed spoilers on both sides extended, but only the spoilers on the left-wing came back to a stowed position except in two cases. When the plane took off, the spoilers were still extended. But, another image later clicked shows that the spoilers on the right-wing were extended, but the spoilers on the left-wing were not.
ATC recordings showed that the crew had reported a hydraulic problem and later reported an aileron problem. They were cleared to land on runway 35 at MDSD. However, the aircraft didn’t land there and turned left just inside the approach end of the runway, where it crashed with the trees and terrain. The duration from takeoff to crash was about 16 minutes.
During the day of the incident, there was 10+ miles visibility and a few clouds at 1800 feet. The temperature was 28 degrees Celcius. The cockpit voice recorder was sent to the NTSB. The data relating to this incident was extracted for later analysis. All the major components were present at the crash site.
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