# NTSB DCA11WA024: Raytheon Hawker, Sulaimanyia, Iraq, February 4, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 4, 2011, 14:49 local (14:49 UTC)
- Place: Sulaimanyia, Iraq
- Coordinates: 35.533332, 42.45 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5333&lon=42.4500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78304/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA024

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On February 4, 2011 about 1449 UTC, OD-SKY, a Hawker Beechcraft HS-850XP, registered to Club Aviation S.A.L and operated by Sky Lounge services S.A.L., crashed during the initial takeoff climb at Suliamaniyah International Airport, Iraq. The 3 crew members and 4 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed and there was a post crash fire. The flight was destined for Istanbul, Turkey. The investigation is being conducted by the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority. A U.S. Accredited Representative has been appointed as the state of design and manufacture of the airplane and engines. All inquiries on this investigation should be directed to the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority at: Directorate of Flight Safety General Establishment of Civil Aviation P.O. Box 23006 Baghdad International Airport Baghdad Iraq

## Aircraft

- Registration: OD-SKY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON HAWKER (800XP)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Sky Lounge Services S.A.L
- Registered owner: Club Aviation S.A.L

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.

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