HZ-GP5

On January 11, 1982 at 12:00 AM, HZ-GP5 experienced a crash involving Learjet 25, operated by Redec Aviation, with the event recorded near Narsarsuaq Kommune Kujalleq.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was cleared to descend from FL310 to 9,000 feet when the airplane struck the slope of an ice covered mountain located about 130 km northeast of Narsarsuaq. The wreckage was found at an altitude of about 2,630 meters and both pilots were killed. For unknown reasons, the airplane descended at an insufficient altitude to clear the obstacles.

Aircraft reference details include registration HZ-GP5, MSN 25-199, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 61.1615°, -45.4176°.