GS4 down at KBED

[Richard Lee]

Local News reports a Gulf Stream 4 crashed on take-off from Hanscom field (Beford MA).

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...om-airfield/y8uzrr7aUQ1FiTck4uicRO/story.html

It happened about 2 hours ago and it's still burning. It's being shown live on local TV news.

I looked at my PlanePlotter ACARS message display page, but the messages from two hours ago had already scrolled away.

 

[Richard Lee]

This picture from earlier seems to show it's well away from the runway area..

This the live picture currently on TV, it looks like a fence is in the background, behind the AC nose on the right.

 

[Richard Lee]

More info.. Reports say it happened near runway 11. Kinda close to home.
Our house is 3.6 miles east of that runway. We are directly under final approach to KBED.


http://155.178.201.160/d-tpp/1406/00626AD.PDF

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.4663726,-71.2922168,2975m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[Richard Lee]

Pictures of the burnt plane are on the web. It looks like they just ran out of runway and went into a swampy area at the end of the runway.
https://www.google.com/maps/search/Crash at Hanscom Airfield/@42.4686612,-71.2662024,375m/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[Richard Lee]

FAA prelim report at http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20140531X32035&key=1

They may not have preformed pre-flight and didn't turn off the Gust Lock feature.