Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 18 JAN 1988 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-600B |
| Operator: | Aero Astra |
| Registration: | XA-KUT |
| C/n / msn: | 256028 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2812 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 601 Viper |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD), United States of America |
| Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU), United States of America |
ILS approach to runway 04 with an RVR of 1400 feet. Descended below decision height and collided with powerlines at 70 feet, 6500 feet short of the runway. Minimum RVR for a runway 04 approach was 2400 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
IFR procedure..improper..pilot in command
decision height..not identified..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
weather condition..below approach/landing minimums
object..wire,transmission Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Laredo International Airport, TX to Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX as the crow flies is 468 km (292 miles).
Distance from Laredo International Airport, TX to Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX as the crow flies is 468 km (292 miles).
