# Accident 20220620010809A: Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58, June 20, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2022, 16:15 local time
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N337AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N337AX-2025-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker HAWKER HUNTER MK.58 (registry code 4231004, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-hawker-hunter-mk-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AVON MK207 (registry code 54224, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-avon-mk207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER AIRCRAFT LTD HAWKER HUNTER MK.58
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AVON MK207
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,865 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220620010809A

## Narrative

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

PRELIM INFO FROM FAA OPS: WILMINGTON, NC/GENERAL AVIATION INCIDENT/1615E/^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAWKER HNTR, REPORTED POSSIBLE ENGINE TROUBLE AND CRASHED INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF THE COAST 43 SSE WILMINGTON. POB: 1. INJURIES UNKN, REPORTS ARE POB WAS RESCUED BY A VESSEL IN THE VCNY, BUT NOT CONFIRMED. USCG ENROUTE. ATC SVCS UNKN. DAMAGE: DESTROYED. WX: NOT REPORTED.

IT WAS LATER REPORTED THAT PILOT HAD FRACTURES OF T11/T12.

## 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 ERA22LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA277), Jun 20, 2022: Hawker Hunter (N337AX), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A bearing failure in the high-pressure fuel pump, which resulted in a partial loss of engine power.

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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