# Accident 20240207022329A: Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP, Westwater, UT, February 7, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 2024, 10:48 local time
- Place: Westwater, UT
- Airport: Grand Junction
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BKEA
- Location: 39.2662° N, 109.0565° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2662&lon=-109.0565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N900VA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N900VA-2024-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP (registry code 4220011, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-hawker-900xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-50R (registry code 33940, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-50r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER BEECHCRAFT CORP HAWKER 900XP
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-50R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,188 total, 70 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240207022329A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 7, 2024, ABOUT 1048 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A HAWKER 900XP, N900VA, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR WESTWATER, UTAH. THE PIC AND SIC WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 POSITIONING FLIGHT.

THE FLIGHT CREW, COMPRISED OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND (PIC) AND SECOND-IN-COMMAND (SIC), WAS CONDUCTING A STALL TEST IN THE AIRPLANE FOLLOWING THE RECENT REMOVAL, INSPECTION, AND REINSTALLATION OF THE WING LEADING EDGES AND DE-ICE PANELS AS PART OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED NORMALLY, ENTERED A CLIMBING RIGHT TURN TO THE NORTHEAST, AND LEVELED OFF ABOUT 20,000 FT MEAN SEA LEVEL (MSL). IN ITS FINAL MINUTE OF FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A RAPID VERTICAL DESCENT CONSISTENT WITH A FLAT SPIN AND NEVER RECOVERED.

## 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 WPR24FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24FA083), Feb 7, 2024: Hawker Beechcraft Hawker 900XP (N900VA), Westwater, UT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight crew’s decision to conduct a post-maintenance stall test in an area of icing conditions, which resulted in wing contamination that significantly decreased the airplane’s critical angle of…

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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