Raytheon Aircraft Company G36 accident near Hawthorne, CA
On July 15, 2009, a Raytheon Aircraft Company G36 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hawthorne, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- July 15, 2009
- Place
- Hawthorne, CA
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company G36 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.921°N, 118.338°W
- NTSB ID
- 20090715X04106
Official records · WPR09FA347
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- FAA Air Traffic Control Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 15, 2009, about 1620 Pacific daylight time, a Raytheon Aircraft Company (Hawker Beechcraft Company, HBC) G36, N618MW, struck a building and crashed into a parking lot near Hawthorne Municipal Airport (HHR), Hawthorne, California. Carpet Pros, Inc., was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The airline transport pilot with a certified flight instructor (CFI) certificate, the private pilot under instruction (PUI), and one passenger were killed; the airplane sustained substantial damage by impact forces. The local personal demonstration flight departed Hawthorne about 1550. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. During a personal local demonstrational flight, the CFI and the PUI had taken off, landed, and taxied back for another takeoff. During the second takeoff, the CFI reported to a controller in the air traffic control tower that the airplane had an open door, and successfully aborted the takeoff. The last takeoff was uneventful; while on final, the pilot advised the controller that they were going around, but gave no explanation. Witnesses reported that, as the airplane was climbing upwind during the go-around, it made a left turn midfield towards the south followed by a hard right turn back towards the west. A witness observed the airplane trailing black smoke and the wings were rocking. The airplane’s right wing tip struck on top of a rooftop adjacent to a parapet and a secondary impact occurred against a vertical wall approximately 45 feet high. The
Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain an adequate airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the inadvertent activation of the fuel boost pump during the attempted go-around.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
