- Date
- November 10, 2015, 14:52 local (19:52 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, OH
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N237WRBritish Aerospace HS 125 700A
- Defining event
- Approach-IFR final approach: Aerodynamic stall/spin
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 2016
- Report
- Board-adopted at Board Meeting
- Investigation class
- Class 1
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA AVP-100, Execuflight, Honeywell, Textron Aviation, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, FAA Cleveland FSDO
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 20151110023649A
- Case key
- 92314
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Probable cause
The flight crew's mismanagement of the approach and multiple deviations from company standard operating procedures, which placed the airplane in an unsafe situation and led to an unstabilized approach, a descent below minimum descent altitude without visual contact with the runway environment, and an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident were Execuflight's casual attitude toward compliance with standards; its inadequate hiring, training, and operational oversight of the flight crew; the company's lack of a formal safety program; and the Federal Aviation Administration's insufficient oversight of the company's training program and flight operations.
Findings · 11
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/aviation.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-16/03. On November 10, 2015, about 1453 eastern standard time (EST), Execuflight flight 1526, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A (Hawker 700A), N237WR, departed controlled flight while on a nonprecision localizer approach to runway 25 at Akron Fulton International Airport (AKR) and impacted a four-unit apartment building in Akron, Ohio. The captain, first officer, and seven passengers died; no one on the ground was injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Rais Group International NC LLC and operated by Execuflight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as an on-demand charter flight. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight departed from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), Dayton, Ohio, about 1413 and was destined for AKR.
Factual narrative
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/aviation.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-16/03. On November 10, 2015, about 1453 eastern standard time (EST), Execuflight flight 1526, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A (Hawker 700A), N237WR, departed controlled flight while on a nonprecision localizer approach to runway 25 at Akron Fulton International Airport (AKR) and impacted a four-unit apartment building in Akron, Ohio. The captain, first officer, and seven passengers died; no one on the ground was injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire. The airplane was registered to Rais Group International NC LLC and operated by Execuflight under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 as an on-demand charter flight. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed. The flight departed from Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport (MGY), Dayton, Ohio, about 1413 and was destined for AKR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N237WR
- Reported as
- British Aerospace HS 125 700A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NA-0252
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 14,875
- Engines
- Honeywell TFE731-3R-1H, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fanHoneywell TFE731-3DR-1H, 3,700 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Execuflight, doing business as Execuflight Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rais Group International Nc LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · August 12, 2015
- Departed
- MGY · Dayton, OH
- Destination
- AKR · Akron, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AKC · Akron Fullton Internatinonal, runway 25, 6,336 × 159 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Stall warning system
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Last flight review
- August 6, 2015
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 6,170 total · 1,020 in this make and model · 3,414 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 50
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,382 total · 482 in this make and model · 3,200 as pilot in command · 78 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 600 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- AKR, 2 nm away
Docket · 63
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2016, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 344 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.