# Accident 20251016016509A: Hawker 800XP, Bath, MI, October 16, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2025, 16:18 local time
- Place: Bath, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8159° N, 84.4567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bath, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8159&lon=-84.4567&mi=10
- Aircraft: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER 800XP
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251016016509A

## Narrative

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

I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE ROC ABOUT THIS ACCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 ON OCTOBER 16, 2025. A SMALL PRIVATE JET WITH A MEXICO REGISTRATION HAD CRASHED NORTHEAST OF LANSING MI. I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1830. I SECURED THE ACCIDENT SITE AND OVERSAW THE PRESERVATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE RETRIEVAL OF THE OCCUPANTS. THE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION IS A MEXICAN REGISTRATION XA-JMR DEPARTED KBTL FOR A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. CAME TO REST IN BATH TOWNSHIP AT CROSSROADS OF CLARK RD AND PEACOCK RD. AT LOCATION 42*48’42” N 84*23’12” W. APPROX. 200 YARDS SOUTH OF CLARK RD. AND APPROXIMATELY .5 MILES WEST OF PEACOCK RD. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE CAPTAIN, CO-PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE ALL FATALLY INJURED. ALL THREE ON BOARD THE PILOT, CO-PILOT, AND THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MAINTENANCE REPRESENTATIVE WERE MEXICAN NATIONALS.

THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE HEADING NORTHEAST DIRECTION HEADING 342* WHEN THIS OCCURRED. IT APPEARED TO HAVE COME INTO THE DENSE FOREST AT A VERY HIGH ANGLE, STRUCK A TREETOP, SPUN IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT WITH THE NOSE FACING IN A HEADING OF 150*. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A RELATIVELY FLAT AND WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FIRE, AND THE WRECKAGE WAS EXTENSIVELY BURNED EXCEPT FOR THE AFT OF THE REAR EQUIPMENT BAY TAIL CONE, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND THE OUTBOARD 10FT OF THE RIGHT WING. BOTH ENGINES WERE INTACT AND RESTED IN THE CORRECT POSITIONS. THEY HAVE SIGNS OF BEING OPERATIONAL DURING THIS EVENT. ALL THREE-LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE UPLOCKED POSITION. CHECKED CONTINUITY FOR ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS TO THE COCKPIT BELL CRANK. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES WERE BADLY BURNED BUT WERE ABLE TO TRACE BACK TO THE COCKPIT. THE CENTER PEDESTAL CABLES APPEARED TO BE CUT, POSSIBLY FROM FIRE CREW DURING EXTRACTION OF THE FLIGHT CREW. CONFIRMED THE HP COCK FUEL LEVERS WERE LOCKED IN THE ON POSITION. THE LIFT DUMP LEVER WAS IN THE FORWARD POSITION. THE THRUST REVERSER HANDLES WERE IN THE DEPLOYED POSITION, BUT THE THRUST REVERSERS WERE IN THE STOWED POSITION. THE THROTTLES WERE FULL FORWARD, THE FLAP HANDLE WAS IN THE 0 POSITION, AND THE AUX TRANSFER AND CROSSFEED WERE OFF. ALL OTHER COCKPIT INDICATORS WERE DESTROYED BEYOND RECOGNITION. THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER WAS RECOVERED AND HANDED TO THE NTSB IIC. THERE IS A SMALL, LOCALIZED DEBRIS FIELD WITH MOST CONCENTRATION OF DEBRIS WITHIN 20 YARDS IN A NORTHEAST DIRECTION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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