Midsize Corporate Jet Crashes On Final Approach
To
AkronAirport Killing All
Onboard
November 11, 2015 - On Tuesday about 2:53 PM, a
British Aerospace BAE-125-700A, (Hawker 800) a
twin engine midsize corporate jet crashed while
on final approach for runway 25 at
Akron/Canton-Fulton International Airport, Ohio
killing all nine people onboard.
Witnesses reported just before the crash, Flight
EFT1526 (It appears this aircraft tail number
has been
blocked by the owner for privacy reasons)
had clipped telephone and electric wires,
authorities on scene report the jet crashed into
a home, an apartment building and came rest on
an embankment.
No
injuries or deaths occurred on the ground, The
crash site is about 2 miles NE of the airport on
the corner of Mogadore and
Skelton Road.
Of the nine onboard the Hawker 800, five of the employees
were employed at a Florida
real-estate company, Pebb Enterprises located in
Boca Raton. On the
company's website, the company states, " Our
hearts are broken this morning with the news of
the tragic accident that took the lives of two
principals and five employees of Pebb
Enterprises. We are shocked and deeply saddened
for the families, colleagues and friends of
those who perished."
The operator of the Hawker 800,
ExecuFlight President, Augusto "Danny" Lewkowicz, reported he would not release the
names of the 7 passengers or the pilot andcopilot. On Monday, the charter flight,
by Execuflight, a Florida
company had departed from
Fort Lauderdale,
Florida
to the Akron
FultonInternational
Airport, with a stop in
Dayton. The Hawker 800 is
owned by The Rais Group International NC LLC
located in Charlotte,
North Carolina and the
aircraft was hangared in
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
Lewkowicz stated the aircraft “was a perfectly
well-maintained aircraft with no squawks.” He
further stated the pilots had not made any
indication that there was anything wrong with
the aircraft. Upon impact, the Hawker 800 burst
into a massive fire making it impossible for
first responders to get to the aircraft. The
apartment building had caught on fire and the
building was completely destroyed. Over 1,500
residents lost electrical power, although Ohio
Edison officials reported all but 100 customers
were restored by 4:30 PM.
On Monday about 7 AM. the Hawker 800 departed Fort Lauderdale with several landings at
St. Paul,
Minnesota, QuadCityInternationalAirport,
Moline, Ill., St. Louis Airport, Missouri
and then its final stop for the day at CincinnatiMunicipalAirport at about 7:50 PM.
On Tuesday about 2:13 PM, the Hawker 800
departed from CincinnatiMunicipalAirport for
Akron/Canton-Fulton International Airport, Ohio.
Below is a
complete flight schedule of
Flight EFT1526.
- It
began with Flight EFT521 began in
Fort Lauderdale, leaving at 6:58 a.m. EST,
Monday and landing at St. Paul
(Minn.)
Holman Field at 9:19 a.m.
-
After an 1:40 layover, the second-leg was Flight EFT1522, leaving at 10:59 a.m. CST from
St. Paul and arriving at 11:47 a.m. CST at QuadCityInternationalAirport
in Moline, Ill.
-
After a 3:11 layover, the third-leg was flight EFT1523,
leaving at 2:58 p.m. CST from Moline and arriving at
3:36 p.m. at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport.
-
After a 2:13 layover, the fourth-leg was flight EFT1524, leaving at 5:49 p.m. CST from
St. Louis and arriving at 7:49 p.m. EST at CincinnatiMunicipalAirport,
where the aircraft and crew stayed overnight.
- On
Tuesday, the fifth-leg was flight EFT1525, leaving at
11:12 a.m. from Cincinnati and arriving at 11:25 a.m. at Dayton-WrightBrothersAirport. The airplane was
originally scheduled to leave at 10:30 a.m.
-
After a 2:48 layover, the sixth-leg was Flight
EFT1526,
leaving at 2:13 p.m. from Dayton with seven
passengers and two pilots. It was scheduled to arrive at
2:49 p.m. at Akron
FultonInternational
Airport.
Akron Fulton International Airport is an
uncontrolled airport, meaning the airport does
not have an FAA control tower. After the pilots
of Flight EFT1526 were released by Akron-Canton
Approach (they were on an IFR flight plan) they
were passed on to a nearby airport that had a
control tower, Akron-Canton Regional Airport and
then passed onto
Akron/Canton-Fulton International Airport common traffic advisory
frequency (CTAF) were the pilots had to rely on
air-to-air communication between them and
aircraft in the vicinity of the airport and
aircraft on the ground. The approach was to
runway 25, a non-precision approach using the
LOC/DME and a 4-light PAPI system which has a
visual range of about 5 miles during the day
under fair conditions (Precision
Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)).
19:31 UTC / 14:31
local time: KAKR 101931Z AUTO 25008KT 1
1/2SM BR OVC005 11/09 A2995 RMK AO2 CIG
003V009 T01110094
19:54 UTC / 14:54 local time: KAKR
101954Z AUTO 24007KT 1 1/2SM BR BKN004
OVC009 11/09 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142
T01060094
Wind: 240° at 7 knots; Visibility: 1.5
miles in mist; Broken clouds at 400 feet
AGL, overcast cloud deck at 900 feet
AGL; Temperature: 11°C; Dewpoint: 9°C;
pressure 1014.3 mb
20:05 UTC / 15:05 local time: KAKR
102005Z AUTO 24011KT 1 1/4SM -RA BR
OVC006 11/09 A2995 RMK AO2 RAB05 CIG
003V009 P0000 T01060094
The FAA and NTSB will be looking closely at the
amount of sleep the pilots received before Tuesdays
flight, they will be looking at weather
conditions as the weather at the
time was
IFR with reports of icing conditions,
pilot reports have indicated
approaches in the area was down to the minimums,
any conditions at the airport that
may have
contributed to the crash. It was reported by the FAA that
the pilots did not notified
Akron-Canton
Approach nor Akron-Canton Regional
Airport of any problems. A
pilot who landed at Akron Fulton
shortly before the crash was on the
same radio frequency, he reported he
did not hear a distress call from
Flight
EFT1526.
NTSB Official NTSB Vice Chair T. Bella
Dinh-Zarr
Gives Update On Akron Plane Crash
The FAA will also most likely try to determine
if this aircraft stalled before the crash and if
so, did the aircraft stall above the expected
stall speed as this could be an indication of
icing. One eyewitness report hints at the
aircraft may have stalled while on approach when
she said the wing banked to the left then to the
right and then crashed.The stall characteristics on the 125 aircraft can be
challenging as evident through multiple pilot
reports on this subject matter.
Update: the tail number has been posted on the
internet - N237WR
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