Date:	Tuesday 25 July 2017
Time:	09:15 LT
Type:	Hawker Sea Fury Mk II
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	NX254SF
MSN:	37514 (ISS20)
Year of manufacture:	1956
Total airframe hrs:	1294 hours
Engine model:	Curtiss Wright R3350-36WD
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Stephens County Airport (KBKD), in Breckenridge, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Breckenridge-Stephens County Airport, TX (BKD/KBKD)
Destination airport:	Breckenridge-Stephens County Airport, TX (BKD/KBKD)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The aircraft, an experimental CofA, 1956 Hawker Fury originally built for the Iraqi Air Force, made an emergency landing, following a lost of engine power on approach, in a wooded area north 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from Stephens County Airport (KBKD) and south of FM 2231, in Breckenridge, Texas. The plane broke apart on impact.
One of the occupants, the pilot, was seriously injured. The passenger onboard the airplane received minor injuries. Several flights had been made on the aircraft over the past several days.

The aircraft was originally delivered to the Iraqi Air Force as a Hawker Fury I. It was sold to the U.S. in 1979 and fitted with a Wright R-3350 engine. The FAA register lists the aircraft as a 'Hawker Fury FB60'. However this model was not used by the Iraqi Air Force.

Probable Cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident engine examination and testing did not reveal any mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/07/25/us/ap-us-vintage-plane-crash-texas.html
https://www.breckenridgeamerican.com/news/men-survive-warbird-crash
http://www.ktxs.com/news/pilot-sustains-critical-injuries-in-breckenridge-plane-crash-is-flown-to-dfw-hospital2/592731699
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http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=254SF
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/furyregistry/fury-n254sf.html
http://www.ezellaviation.com

Last ASN occurrences N254SF :
1996: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=40861 (N222CH)
2015: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=176417
2016: https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=192418

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


25 May 2015	NX254SF	Private	0	Centennial Airport (KAPA), Denver, Colorado		sub
Runway excursion
30 December 2016	NX254SF	Private	0	Denver-Centennial Airport (KAPA), CO		min

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Jul-2017 18:44	Iceman 29	Added
25-Jul-2017 18:52	Iceman 29	Updated [Narrative, ]
25-Jul-2017 19:03	Iceman 29	Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Narrative, ]
25-Jul-2017 22:53	Geno	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2017 06:55	Iceman 29	Updated [Source, Damage, ]
26-Jul-2017 07:08	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code, ]
26-Jul-2017 09:15	Iceman 29	Updated [Embed code, ]
26-Jul-2017 09:59	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2017 12:18	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
26-Jul-2017 13:32	Iceman 29	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Embed code, ]
26-Jul-2017 14:21	Aerossurance	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ]
26-Jul-2017 16:45	GeoffR	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
26-Jul-2017 16:45	harro	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative, ]
18-Dec-2017 18:34	Anon.	Updated [Narrative, ]
21-Mar-2018 20:14	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code, ]
22-Mar-2019 19:13	harro	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ]