# Accident 20240310021049A: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA, Hot Springs, VA, March 10, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2024, 14:52 local time
- Place: Hot Springs, VA
- Airport: Ingalls Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 2JKA
- Location: 37.9556° N, 79.8251° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9556&lon=-79.8251&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1125A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1125A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA (registry code 4500305, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1125-westwind-astra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES 1125 WESTWIND ASTRA
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TFE731 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 13,021 total, 65 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA136) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240310021049A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORT OF RUNWAY 25 DURING FINAL APPROACH. THE WRECKAGE DEBRIS PATH WAS ORIENTED ON A 250° - 255° HEADING AND SPANNED ABOUT 150 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT TO THE MAIN WRECKAGE.ALL MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE AIRPLANE WERE LOCATED IN THE DEBRIS PATH CONSISTENT WITH DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS OBSERVED FROM THE FLIGHT TRACK DATA. REVIEW OF PRELIMINARY FAA ADS-B DATA REVEALED THAT THE FLIGHT TRACK PROCEEDED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HSP AND THEN TURNED ON A COURSE CONSISTENT WITH NAVIGATING TOWARDS AHLER INTERSECTION OF THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE FOR THE ILS RUNWAY 25 APPROACH. THE FINAL RECORDED POSITION WAS ABOUT .15 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY 25 THRESHOLD, WHICH SHOWED THE AIRPLANE AT 3,700 FT, 123 KNOTS GROUNDSPEED, AND CENTERED ON THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE.  INGALLS FIELD AIRPORT FIELD ELEVATION IS 3790.

## 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 ERA24FA136](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24FA136), Mar 10, 2024: Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra (N1125A), Hot Springs, VA, destroyed, 5 fatal. Probable cause: The PIC’s continuation of an unstabilized approach in gusting wind conditions and his failure to monitor the airplane’s altitude during the approach, which led to a descent into terrain short of the…

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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