Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 29 JUN 1983 |
| Time: | 14:47 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-1A-522 |
| Operator: | Erasmus Inc |
| Registration: | N125E |
| C/n / msn: | 25110 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5283 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 522 Viper |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Houston-Hobby Airport, TX (HOU) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU), United States of America |
| Beaumont-Jefferson County Airport, TX (BPT/KBPT), United States of America |
No. 1 engine failure simulated on takeoff. Control was lost, the plane settled with both maingear mounts failing. A fire started and it slid into Grumman American AA-5A N9844U which had stopped short of runway 13R after landing.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
supervision..inadequate..pilot in command(CFI)
directional control..not maintained..dual student
remedial action..inadequate..pilot in command(CFI)
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
object..aircraft parked/standing
weather condition..crosswind
lack of total experience in type operation..dual student
overconfidence in aircraft's ability..pilot in command(CFI) Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX to Beaumont-Jefferson County Airport, TX as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
Distance from Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX to Beaumont-Jefferson County Airport, TX as the crow flies is 125 km (78 miles).
