Hawker Siddeley 125-600A XAKUT

Summary

On 18 January 1988 at about 16:10 local time, a Hawker Siddeley 125-600A registered XAKUT, operated by Aero Astra, was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. 8 people were on board and one died, 3 were seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 1988 at 16:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Hobby (HOU)

Coordinates

29.6493, -95.2797

Aircraft

Hawker Siddeley 125-600A

Registration

XAKUT

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Aero Astra

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laredo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW88MA048

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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'.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.