Execuflight Flight 1526
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| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 November 2015 |
| Summary | Loss of Speed and stall while on Final approach; under investigation |
| Site | the intersection of Skelton and Mogadore Roads, while on approach to Akron Fulton International Airport, Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Aircraft type | Raytheon Hawker 700 |
| Operator | Execuflight |
| Registration | N237WR[1] |
| Flight origin | Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport, Dayton, Ohio |
| Destination | Akron Fulton International Airport, Akron, Ohio |
| Passengers | 7 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 9 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Execuflight Flight 1526[2] was a chartered Raytheon Hawker 700 which departed Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport and crashed 36 minutes later while on approach to landing, into an Akron, Ohio apartment complex shortly before 3:00 pm (15:00) EST in rainy weather. The aircraft was on final approach to runway 25 at Akron Fulton International Airport, some 3,200 metres (10,500 ft) downcourse.[3] Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion, and seeing smoke/flames as the crash occurred. All nine occupants of the aircraft, including both pilots, were killed in the crash.[4] Akron police units were the first to report to the scene, followed shortly by firefighters and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched an incident team to the site of the crash, and will assume leadership in the investigation.
Flight
The flight originated as flight EFT 1521 from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on Monday, November 9, 2015, leaving at about 7 a.m. and flying to St. Paul Downtown Airport in St. Paul, Minnesota; the second leg was flight EFT 1522 to Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, and a third leg was flight EFT 1523 to Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Missouri, before finishing the day as flight EFT 1524 about 7.50 p.m. at the Cincinnati Municipal Airport (Lunken Field). On Tuesday, the aircraft made a refueling stop as the fifth leg flight EFT 1525 to Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport before embarking at 2:13 p.m on the sixth leg flight EFT 1526, leaving at 2.13 p.m. for a 36-minute journey to Akron Fulton International Airport.[3][5]
Aircraft
The aircraft, registration number N237WR, was a 1979-built twin-engine corporate jet.[5] It has several designations, owing to its complicated construction history, with Raytheon Hawker 700 being the latest, but originally British Aerospace 125-700, and is certified as an HS 125-700A in the FAA Register.[1][6]
Crash
The aircraft impacted the ground on final approach to runway 25 of Akron Fulton International Airport, in poor weather, reportedly clipping power utility lines first and then crashing into an unoccupied apartment building, coming to rest in a paved embankment directly behind it. The fuselage reportedly (NTSB) remained intact but was badly burnt. No one was injured on the ground, although 12 families were displaced. But the accident is still the largest aircrash fatality for the city of Akron, Ohio and the surrounding Summit County.[7][8]
Investigation
National Transportation Safety Board is overseeing the investigation. The nearby forensic scientists of Mercyhurst University located in Erie, Pennsylvania have been asked to assist in combing the wreckage to effect positive identification of the victims, all presumably contained within the burned out fuselage. Accordingly, a team from the university's forensic anthropology department, including faculty and graduate students, has joined the investigation on the ground.[9]
On 11 November, investigators said that a pilot who landed at a nearby airport reported not hearing any distress calls from the jet while on the same frequency.[10]
Passengers
All seven passengers died. They were all partners, executives or employees of Pebb Enterprises, a Boca Raton, Florida real-estate holding company . The aircraft had been booked by the group for a three-day prospecting trip.[5]
References
- ^ a b "FAA REGISTER for N237WR". Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "Flight EFT1526". FlightAware.com. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ a b "Nine killed aboard charter plane that crashed Tuesday into Ellet apartment building in Akron". Akron Beacon Journal (Ohio.com). Retrieved 2015-11-10.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "No survivors after plane crashes into apartment building on Mogadore Road in Akron". WEWS Cleveland (NewsNet5.com). Retrieved 2015-11-10.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "Mass fatality plan underway to recover Akron plane crash victims". fox10tv.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "Accident description Last updated: 15 November 2015 Status: Preliminary Date: Tuesday 10 November 2015 Time: ca 14:51 Type: Silhouette image of generic H25B model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different British Aerospace BAe-125-700A Operator: Rais Group International Registration: N237WR C/n / msn: 257072/NA0252 First flight: 1979". Retrieved 2015-11-16.
{{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in|title=at position 60 (help) - ^ "Death toll from Tuesday's crash is deadliest air disaster in Summit County history, eclipsing World War II crash toll". Ohio.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ Surveillance video shows Ohio plane crash
- ^ "Mercyhurst forensics team on scene of Akron plane crash". www.goerie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-11.
- ^ "The Latest: NTSB says no distress calls heard in plane crash". Yahoo News. Retrieved 2015-11-12.