British HS 125 700A N237WR

Summary

On 10 November 2015 at about 19:52 local time, a British HS 125 700A registered N237WR, operated by Execuflight, was involved in an accident near Akron, Ohio, United States. 9 people were on board and 9 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 November 2015 at 19:52

Classification

Accident

Location

Akron, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Akron Fullton Internatinonal (AKC)

Coordinates

41.0547, -81.4236

Aircraft

British HS 125 700A

Registration

N237WR

Category

Airplane

Year built

1979

Engines

2

Operator

Execuflight

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dayton → Akron

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16MA036

9 people died.

The flight crew's mismanagement of the approach and multiple deviations from company standard operating procedures, which placed the airplane in an unsafe situation and led to an unstabilized approach, a descent below minimum descent altitude without visual contact with the runway environment, and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were Execuflight's casual attitude toward compliance with standards; its inadequate hiring, training, and operational oversight of the flight crew; the company's lack of a formal safety program; and the Federal Aviation Administration's insufficient oversight of the company's training program and flight operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/aviation.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-16/03. On November 10, 2015, about 1453 eastern standard time (EST), Execuflight flight 1526, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A (Hawker 700A), N237WR, departed controlled flight while on a nonprecision localizer approach to runway 25 at Akron Fulton International Airport (AKR) and impacted a four-unit apartment building in Akron, Ohio. The captain, first officer, and seven passengers died; no one on the ground was injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Rais Group International NC LLC and operated by Execuflight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as an on-demand charter flight. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight departed from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), Dayton, Ohio, about 1413 and was destined for AKR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.