Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP accident near Westwater, UT
On February 7, 2024, a Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP (airplane) was involved in an accident near Westwater, UT. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 7, 2024
- Place
- Westwater, UT
- Aircraft
- Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.266°N, 109.056°W
- NTSB ID
- 20240207193761
Official records · WPR24FA083
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 7, 2024, about 1048 mountain standard time, a Hawker 900XP, N900VA, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Westwater, Utah. The PIC and SIC were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 positioning flight. The airplane, which was owned by Vici Aviation, LLC, and operated by Clay Lacy Aviation, Inc., arrived at West Star Aviation’s facility at Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT), Grand Junction, Colorado, on December 20, 2023, for routine maintenance. According to the maintenance facility, multiple routine inspections were completed on the airplane including a required removal of the wing leading edges and de-icing panels to inspect for cracks and signs of corrosion. The airplane was subsequently returned to service on February 6, 2024. The flight crew planned to fly the airplane from GJT to Gig Harbor, Washington, on the day of the accident while performing a required post-maintenance stall warning and systems check en route to their destination. At 1036:41 the SIC reported to the PIC that anti-ice was off while the airplane was on the ground before departure. ADS-B and flight data recorder (FDR) data indicated that the airplane departed GJT at 1037 and entered a climb on a southeast heading. At 1038:45, the flight crew asked departure control for a block of altitude in the “mid-teens for about ten minutes.” Thirty-two seconds later the SIC reported again that “anti-ice is off.” At 1039:54, the PIC told the SIC “we’ll request a ah altitude once we get above in V-M-C.” Th
Probable cause
The flight crew’s decision to conduct a post-maintenance stall test in an area of icing conditions, which resulted in wing contamination that significantly decreased the airplane’s critical angle of attack. Also causal was the airplane manufacturer’s lack of training and experience requirements for the flight crew to safely conduct the stall test, which resulted in an attempted remedial action tha
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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.
