# Accident 20030920026169A: Braero HS125700A, Beaumont, TX, September 20, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2003, 18:54 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Airport: Beaumont Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: T8VA
- Location: 30.1117° N, 94.2522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1117&lon=-94.2522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45BP-2005-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Siddeley HS.125 SERIES 700A (registry code 4230170, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-hs-125-series-700a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BRAERO HS125700A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 5,230 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030920026169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT DESTROYED AND FATAL INJURIES TO ALL THREE PILOTS ABOARD. SEVERAL EYEWITNESSES DESCRIBED A FLAT SPIN OF ONLY SEVERAL TURNS WITH ROTATION WHICH STOPPED BEFORE IMPACT. EVIDENCE AT THE IMPACT SITE IS CONSISTENT WITH A NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE MAIN PIECES OF THE CABIN, AFT FUSELAGE, BOTH ENGINES, TAIL STRUCTURE AND COCKPIT ROOF WERE ALL FOUND WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE INITIAL IMPACT CRATER. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR LEGS WERE DETACHED FROM THE FUSELAGE AND WERE FOUND BURIED IN THE MUD IN THE INITIAL IMPACT CRATER. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE FLAPS WERE IN THE "APPROACH FLAP" POSITION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THE ATC RADAR DATA SHOWS THAT THE HAWKER HAD BEEN ON A NORTHWEST HEADING AND LEVEL AT APPROXIMATELY 5,000 FEET MSL ALTITUDE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. THE PART 135 OPERATOR REPORTED THAT THE ABOVE LISTED TWO PILOTS AND AN ADDITIONAL PILOT, (MR. RONALD KEITH TRAHAN - ATP 455390094) WERE ONBOARD THE HAWKER AND CONDUCTING PILOT FLIGHT TRAINING IN PREPARATION FOR PART 135 COMPETENCY AND PROFICIENCY TESTS SCHEDULED TO BE CONDUCTED IN THIS AIRCRAFT DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEK WITH PART 135 PROVING TESTS TO FOLLOW.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN03FA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03FA155), Sep 20, 2003: Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A (N45BP), Beaumont, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: the first pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and adequate airspeed. Contributing factors included performing intentional stalls at too low an altitude to afford a safe recovery, the pilot's…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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