Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 30 JAN 1990 |
| Time: | 22:05 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-3B |
| Operator: | Slender You Ltd. |
| Registration: | G-OBOB |
| C/n / msn: | 25069 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8720 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce 522 Tyne |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) E of Columbia Regional Airport, MO (COU) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Crossville Memorial Airport, TN (CSV/KCSV), United States of America |
| Kansas City-Johnson Executive Airport, MO (OJC), United States of America |
Ice blockage of the fuel filters due to water contamination of the fuel and low level of deice fluid (methanol) in the deice tank. Descended from FL310 and both engines flamed out. Crashed short of the airport.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Inadequate preflight by the pilot(s), water contamination of the fuel, low level of deice fluid (methanol) in the deice tank, and subsequent ice blockage of the fuel filters. Darkness was a related factor." Sources:
» NTSB
Photos
G-BAXL was later re-registered G-OBOB
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 Crossville Memorial Airport, TN to Kansas City-Johnson Executive Airport, MO as the crow flies is 905 km (566 miles).
Distance from Crossville Memorial Airport, TN to Kansas City-Johnson Executive Airport, MO as the crow flies is 905 km (566 miles).
