- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: November 22, 2004
Time: 0615
Location: Houston, Texas
Operator: Business Jet Services
Flight #: ?
Route: Dallas - Houston
AC Type: Grumman Gulfstream G3
Registration: N85VT
cn / ln: 449
Aboard: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:0  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: While on final approach, the aircraft struck a light pole located 1.5 mile short of Runway 04 in thick fog and crashed in a nearby field. The flight crew's failure to adequately monitor and cross check the flight instruments during the approach. Contributing to the accident was the flight crew's failure to select the instrument landing system frequency in a timely manner and to adhere to approved company approach procedures, including the stabilized approach criteria.
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