- Date
- January 18, 1988, 10:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- XAKUTHawker Siddeley 125-600A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22688
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Analysis
Bfr tkof, a plt of xa-kut was briefed that the Houston hobby (hou) wx was IFR with '. . . Indefinite ceiling zero sky obscured visibility's 1/16 of a mile and fog . . .' He was also adzd IFR conds were forecast until 0900 CST, gradually improving to marginal VFR by 1100 CST with 1000' brkn, 5 mi vis & fog. The flt tkof off at 0900 CST. At hou, arrival was delayed due to wx. The crew requested an ILS apch, with intentions of diverting if a missed apch was made. The RVR was variable. After being clrd for an ILS rwy 4 apch, the plt was adzd the RVR had dropped to 1400'. After changing to twr freq, the flt was clrd to lnd & was told again the RVR was 1400'. When the acft was on final apch, the plts were adzd of a low alt alert. However, the acft contd blo the decision height (dh), hit a 70' pwr line (aprx 6500' short of the rwy) & crashed. No preimpact malfunction of the acft or its systems was fnd. The ILS was flt checked, but only a minor discrepancy (concerning the outer marker width) was noted. The dh was 200' AGL, min RVR for the apch was 2400'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XAKUT
- Reported as
- Hawker Siddeley 125-600A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 256028
- Airframe hours
- 2,812
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce VIPER-MK-601, 3,705 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Astra
- Registered owner
- Aero Astra
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · March 31, 1987 · 361 hours before
- Departed
- LRD · Laredo, TX
- Destination
- HOU
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- HOU · Hobby, runway 4, 7,602 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 1 nm away