ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326609
| Date: | Monday 18 January 1988 |
| Time: | 10:10 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-125-600B |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Astra |
| Registration: | XA-KUT |
| MSN: | 256028 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2812 hours |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Viper 601 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD) |
| Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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
Location
Images:
photo (c) aeroprints.com; Rantoul, KS; 30 April 2013; (CC:by-sa)
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