# Accident 20120518009709A: Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58A, Oxnard, CA, May 18, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2012, 12:12 local time
- Place: Oxnard, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 34.1189° N, 119.1189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1189&lon=-119.1189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N329AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N329AX-2018-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker HAWKER HUNTER MK.58A (registry code 4231003, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-hawker-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 AIRCRAFT LTD HAWKER HUNTER MK.58A
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 186 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA12FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120518009709A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED POINT MUGU ON A PUBLIC AIRCRAFT MISSION FOR THE NAVY, REPORTED A FUEL IMBALANCE. LOST CONTROL.

## 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 DCA12FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12FA076), May 18, 2012: Hawker Hawker Hunter MK.58A (N329AX), Point Mugu, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's decision to continue the flight with a known fuel imbalance condition that resulted in a loss of lateral control when the imbalance exceeded the known capabilities of the airplane. The…

## Other reports on N329AX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100914044749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100914044749I), Sep 14, 2010: Hawker Airc HAWKER HUNT (N329AX), Port Hueneme, CA, Minor damage. The right main landing gear strut failed after touch town. This caused the gear to collapse. The aircraft then skidded off the runway.

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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