# Accident 20260922012749A: Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58, Santa Barbara, CA, September 22, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 2026, 18:56 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345AX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N345AX) (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: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,344 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA359) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260922012749A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER OVER THE OCEAN OUTSIDE OF MORRO BAY, CA. PILOT EJECTED JUST BEFORE IMPACT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE OCEAN AND THE PILOT WAS PICKED UP WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 WPR26LA359](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA359), Sep 22, 2026: Hawker Hawker Hunter MK.58 (N345AX), Morro Bay, CA, investigation ongoing

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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