# Accident 20151110023649A: Hawker Beech HS 125-700A, Akron, OH, November 10, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2015, 14:42 local time
- Place: Akron, OH
- Airport: Akron Fulton International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EXFA
- Location: 41.0547° N, 81.4236° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0547&lon=-81.4236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N237WR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N237WR-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: British Aerospace HS 125-700A (registry code 1500204, https://openairdocs.org/model/british-aerospace-hs-125-700a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE-731-SER series (registry code 33902, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe-731-ser-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECH HS 125-700A
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16MA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16MA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151110023649A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 10, 2015, ABOUT 1452 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), EXECUFLIGHT FLIGHT 1526, A HAWKER BEECH HS 125-700A, N237WR, DEPARTED CONTROLLED FLIGHT WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT AKRON FULTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (AKR) AND IMPACTED A 4-PLEX APARTMENT BUILDING IN AKRON, OHIO. THE PILOT, COPILOT, AND SEVEN PASSENGERS DIED; NO GROUND INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY THE CRASH AND A 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 PART 135 AS AN ON-DEMAND CHARTER FLIGHT. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM DAYTON-WRIGHT BROTHERS AIRPORT (MGY), DAYTON, OHIO, ABOUT 1413 EST AND WAS DESTINED FOR AKR.

THE AIRPLANE, WHICH WAS BASED AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, DEPARTED CINCINNATI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT-LUNKEN FIELD, CINCINNATI, OHIO, ABOUT 1112 EST ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT AND ARRIVED AT MGY ABOUT 1125 EST. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED PARKED ON THE RAMP AT ONE OF THE FIXED-BASE OPERATORS UNTIL DEPARTING FOR AKR

ACCORDING TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND RADAR DATA, ABOUT 1438 EST, THE AKRON-CANTON TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY PROVIDED RADAR VECTORS TO THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE FOR THE LOCALIZER RUNWAY 25 INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE AT AKR.

A PIPER PA-28-161 AIRPLANE PERFORMING FLIGHT TRAINING AT THE AIRPORT COMPLETED THE LOCALIZER RUNWAY 25 INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURE AT AKR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE BEGAN ITS APPROACH. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD THE PIPER, THE AIRPLANE "BROKE OUT AT MINIMUMS" ON THE LOCALIZER RUNWAY 25 APPROACH AND LANDED ON RUNWAY 25. AFTER THE PIPER EXITED THE RUNWAY, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT HE HEARD ONE OF THE PILOTS OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE STATE "HAWKER JET ON A 10 MILE FINAL LOCALIZER 25" OVER THE UNICOM FREQUENCY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RADIOED TO THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE AND STATED "WE BROKE OUT RIGHT AT MINIMUMS." ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, ONE OF THE PILOTS OF THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS TRANSMISSION WITH "THANKS FOR THE UPDATE."

ABOUT 1452 EST, A MOTION-ACTIVATED SECURITY CAMERA LOCATED ABOUT 900 FT TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE CAPTURED THE AIRPLANE AS IT CAME IN OVER THE SURROUNDING TREES IN A LEFT-WING-DOWN ATTITUDE ABOUT 1.8 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 25 AT AKR. AN EXPLOSION AND POSTCRASH FIRE WERE OBSERVED ON THE VIDEO JUST AFTER THE AIRPLANE FLEW OUT OF THE SECURITY CAMERA'S VIEW.

## 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 CEN16MA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16MA036), Nov 10, 2015: British Aerospace HS 125 700A (N237WR), Akron, OH, destroyed, 9 fatal. Probable cause: 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…

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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