Raytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A N818MV

Summary

On 31 July 2008 at about 14:45 local time, a Raytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A registered N818MV, operated by East Coast Jets Inc.,, was involved in an accident near Owatonna, Minnesota, United States. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

31 July 2008 at 14:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Owatonna, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Owatonna Degner Regional (OWA)

Coordinates

44.1200, -93.2600

Aircraft

Raytheon Corporate Jets BAE 125-800A

Registration

N818MV

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

East Coast Jets Inc.,

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlantic City → Owatonna

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DCA08MA085

8 people died.

The captain’s decision to attempt a go-around late in the landing roll with insufficient runway remaining. Contributing to the accident were (1) the pilots’ poor crew coordination and lack of cockpit discipline; (2) fatigue, which likely impaired both pilots’ performance; and (3) the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to require crew resource management training and standard operating procedures for Part 135 operators.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The Safety Board’s full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-11/01. On July 31, 2008, about 0945 central daylight time, East Coast Jets flight 81, a Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 125-800A airplane, N818MV, crashed while attempting to go around after landing on runway 30 at Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, Owatonna, Minnesota. The two pilots and six passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The nonscheduled, domestic passenger flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135. An instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed and activated; however, it was canceled before the landing. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.