Gulfstream Aerospace · Business jet
Gulfstream G650/G700/G800
Is the Gulfstream G650/G700/G800 safe? It is not ranked yet: with no fatal accidents counted in about 450,000 flights since 2008, its record is too short to place it among the others: its score could be anywhere from 40 to 100.
Likely range 40 to 100
How the score is built
- Fatal accidents
- 0 in 0.45 million flights
No fatal accident in the data (ASN database to 3 November 2026).
- Full-loss equivalents
- 0
Each counted accident adds the share of people on board who died (1 = no survivors). This is what the score is based on.
- Flights flown
- 0.45 million
Estimated flights of all kinds. Flights of all kinds (private, charter, corporate, cargo, training and other civil use) 2012 to 3 November 2026: OpenSky 2022 flights of the type under any call sign (US military aircraft left out), re-weighted to World Bank departures country by country, carried to other years by the type's flights counted each year by FAA traffic flow management (TFMSC). Flights before 2008 are not used, like the accidents. About 92 flights per aircraft per year (fleet with a median service life of about 27 years). Uncertainty roughly ±30%.
- Technology generation
- Modern business jet (type first flew from 1990)
Small fleets are pulled toward the record of the other types of their generation: 0.84 full-loss equivalents per million flights over 30.2 million flights. Weight of this family's own record: 56%.
- Likely range
- 40 to 100
The score is 90% likely to lie in this range, given how few accidents a type has and the error in the estimate of its flights.
- Last fatal accident
- None
No counted fatal accident.
- Hull losses
- 2
Civil aircraft destroyed or written off from all causes, including non-fatal accidents, cargo flights and attacks; airframes flown by air forces on military operations are left out. ASN gives no fate for some damaged aircraft, so this can be a little low (context only, not in the score).
Compared with everyday risks
One flight on the Gulfstream G650/G700/G800 carries about the same risk of death as the activities near it below.
- An hour's walk1 in 14 million
- Driving 100 miles (160 km)1 in 5.9 million
- One flight on the Gulfstream G650/G700/G800This aircraft1 in 2.7 million
- An ordinary day: accidents and violence1 in 1 million
- A day of skiing1 in 830,000
- A scuba dive1 in 500,000
- Cycling 100 miles (160 km)1 in 430,000
- Running a marathon1 in 290,000
- A skydive1 in 250,000
- A general anaesthetic1 in 100,000
- Riding a motorbike 100 miles (160 km)1 in 83,000
Accident history
No fatal accident counts toward this score.
Listed but not counted
These events happened before 2008 (the score covers 2008 onward, the period its flight count covers), on military, test or illegal flights, or were caused by a crime or a deliberate act, which says little about the aircraft design.
| Date | Flight | Killed | Why not counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfstream AerospaceGulfstream G650 · Roswell International Air Center Airport, NM (ROW), United States of America | 4 killed / 4 on board | Test flight. During a one-engine-inoperative takeoff test at Roswell, the G650 stalled on lift-off; the right wingtip hit the runway and the jet ran off and burned. The NTSB found Gulfstream had set the test takeoff speeds too low and the team kept pushing to reach them. All four died.Type: Loss of control in flightASN record |
No delivered G650, G700 or G800 has had a fatal accident in our data up to 3 November 2026; the one fatal crash, at Roswell in 2011, was a test flight and does not count. With about 0.45 million flights, one of the smallest totals on our business list, the record is too thin to show a low rate. The score still leans partly on the class of modern business jets, and the type is not ranked yet.
Who flies on a G650, G700 or G800?
The G650 first flew in 2009 and entered service in 2012. The longer-range G650ER followed, and the G700 and G800 are newer models of the same flagship line. The line is still in production. About 760 have been built and about 690 fly. Buyers are corporate flight departments, wealthy owners, and fractional and charter fleets. Two pilots fly it.
What is the record?
ASN lists one fatal event for the family. It does not count.
- 2 April 2011, Gulfstream Aerospace, Roswell, New Mexico: the G650 stalled on lift-off during a planned engine-out take-off test. All 4 on board died. The NTSB found Gulfstream had overestimated the stall angle in ground effect, so the stick shaker and the pitch limit indicator were set too high. The crew got no warning before the stall. This was a development flight with test crew, so our method leaves it out of the score.
That leaves zero counted events in about 0.45 million flights. The fleet is young, and a family with this few flights cannot show a low rate. A jet with a class-average rate could well show no fatal event in that many flights. Confidence in the score is low, its likely range is wide, and with under 3 million flights the family gets no rank yet.
What do the non-fatal records show?
Besides Roswell, ASN has two records for the family, both on the ground. A severe hailstorm wrote off a parked G650ER at Colorado Springs on 28 July 2016. The other is the newest: on 24 October 2026, a Flexjet G700 on a charter flight was damaged at Rome Ciampino when a tow bar failed during pushback and the jet lunged forward into the tug. The record lists nobody killed and no investigation report.
Why is the score per flight and not per hour?
Large-cabin jets fly long legs. A G650 averages about 92 flights per aircraft per year in our model. Per hour, a long-range jet would look safer than a short-hop jet only because it spends hours in the calm cruise. Most accidents happen in take-off, approach and landing, once per flight. So we count flights. The effect is that the long-range jets have few flights, and a single accident would move their rate far more than it moves a Boeing 737.
How do I check an operator?
- Ask for the air operator certificate, and check it with the national aviation authority.
- Ask whether both pilots hold a type rating on the G650 family, and when they last trained on the simulator.
- Look for an ARGUS or Wyvern audit.
- On a private flight, ask the owner about the crew and the operator.
See the Gulfstream V for the older long-range sibling, and the Falcon 2000 for a rival.
How can I tell if I am on one?
Use the ICAO codes: GLF6 (G650 and G650ER), GA7C (G700) and GA8C (G800). Large oval windows are a signature of the line.
Questions people ask
Has a Gulfstream G650 ever crashed with deaths?
Once, on a test flight. On 2 April 2011 a G650 stalled on lift-off during an engine-out take-off test at Roswell, New Mexico, and all four crew on board died. The NTSB investigated. We exclude test flights from the score because no passenger was on board and the test was not a normal flight. No fatal accident on a delivered G650, G700 or G800 appears in our data up to 3 November 2026.
Is the G700 safe?
It is new, so the record is short. The G700 has no fatal event in our data. On 24 October 2026 a G700 was damaged in Rome when a tow bar failed during pushback. Nobody died. Too few flights exist yet to say much about its true rate.
Why did the G650 crash at Roswell?
The NTSB found the aircraft stalled while lifting off in a planned one-engine-inoperative take-off test. Gulfstream had overestimated the stall angle in ground effect, so the stall warning came too late. The test aircraft was destroyed.
What is the ICAO code of the G650 and G700?
GLF6 for the G650 and G650ER, GA7C for the G700 and GA8C for the G800. Use these codes on a flight tracker to see which model you are on.
Sources
- 1.ASN record: Gulfstream Aerospace G650 test flight, Roswell, New Mexico, 2 April 2011 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 2.ASN record: Flexjet Gulfstream G700, Rome Ciampino, 24 October 2026 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 3.ASN record: TDC Management Gulfstream G650ER, Colorado Springs, 28 July 2016 (opens in a new tab) · Aviation Safety Network
- 4.SafetyScorer exposure model: OpenSky Network flights 2022 (all operators), World Bank departures, FAA TFMSC (opens in a new tab)Flights of all kinds (private, charter, corporate, cargo, training and other civil use) 2012 to 3 November 2026: OpenSky 2022 flights of the type under any call sign (US military aircraft left out), re-weighted to World Bank departures country by country, carried to other years by the type's flights counted each year by FAA traffic flow management (TFMSC). Flights before 2008 are not used, like the accidents. About 92 flights per aircraft per year (fleet with a median service life of about 27 years). Uncertainty roughly ±30%.