# Accident 20060716014929A: Hawker HUNTERMK58A, Portland, OR, July 16, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2006, 16:22 local time
- Place: Portland, OR
- Airport: Portland/Hillsboro Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5403° N, 122.9497° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5403&lon=-122.9497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58MX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58MX-2011-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker-Siddeley HUNTER MK 58A (registry code 4230309, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-hunter-mk-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER HUNTERMK58A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA142) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716014929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 30 INTENDING TO PERFORM 3 CLOSED TRAFFIC FLY-BYS OVER RWY 30 THEN DEPART THE AREA ENROUTE TO VNY. THE AIRCRAFT USED APPROXIMATELY 5000 FEET OF THE 6600 FOOT RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED SLOWLY TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEFORE TURNING ONTO RIGHT CROSSWIND AND THEN DOWNWIND. STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES ON THE GROUND AND REVIEW OF VIDEO RECORDINGS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 400 TO 500 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO LOSE ALTITUDE CONTINUOUSLY ON DOWNWIND. AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY ABEAM OF THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 30, AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET, THE RIGHT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED DRAMATICALLY FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE NOSE PITCHING DOWN TO A NEARLY VERTICAL ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A RESIDENCE IN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA. THE RESIDENCE AND COCKPIT SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE CONSUMED BY FIRE. THE ENGINE CAME TO REST 14 FEET SOUTH OF THE COCKPIT SECTION AND THE TAIL SECTION CAME TO REST 40 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE COCKPIT. THE DEBRIS FIELD AS MEASURED BY PERSONNEL OF PDX-FSDO WAS 150 FEET IN LENGTH AND 65 FEET WIDE. THE PILOT WAS KILLED IN THE CRASH. CONTROL CONTINUITY COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED. THE ALTIMETER IS THE ONLY INSTRUMENT THAT WAS NOT COMPLETELY DESTROYED BY THE POST CRASH FIRE. THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE NTSB AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE INSPECTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAA HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT AT THE TIME OF TAKE OFF THE INTERNAL FUEL TANKS, THE WING TANKS AND ALL FOUR DROP TANKS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT WERE FULL OF FUEL. THE REPORTED OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE AT HIO AT 2326 UTC WAS 86 F. PILOT LOGBOOKS AND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS HAVE NOT BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE PILOT'S SURVIVORS AT THIS TIME. AN AMENDED FAA FORM 8020-23 WILL BE SUBMITTED AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

## 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 SEA06FA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06FA142), Jul 16, 2006: Hawker Siddeley MK-58A Hunter (N58MX), Hillsboro, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons during the takeoff sequence.

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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