About 1038 e.d.t., on September 26, 1976, a Grumman Gulfstream II, N500J, owned and operated by Johnson and Johnson, Inc., crashed while making an instrument landing system approach (ILS) to the Ingalls Field Airport, Hot Springs, Virginia. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. Three crewmembers and eight passengers were killed in the crash. While en route, the flight requested and received the Hot Springs weather which was indefinite ceiling--100 ft, sky obscured, visibility--1/8 mi in fog. About 1033, N500J was cleared for the ILS approach to runway 24 at Hot Springs. At 1036, N500J reported out of 5,000 feet which was the last known transmission from the aircraft. The accident site was located about 750 feet from the threshold of runway 24 and about 500 feet below the runway touchdown zone elevation of 3,766 feet. The National Transportation Safety Board could not determine the probable cause of the aircraft's descent below decision height and impact with terrain 500 feet below the elevation of the runway.
Aircraft Accident Report - Johnson and Johnson, Inc., Grumman Gulfstream II, N500J, Hot Springs, Virginia, September 26, 1976
1978
41 pages
Report
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English
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Crash landing , Instrument landing systems , Aircraft fires , Fog , Transport planes , Virginia , Grumman American Gulfstream 2 aircraft , VC-11A aircraft , Hot Springs(Virginia) , Ingalls Field Airport