Does A Hawker 900XP Crash Reveal Deeper Issues In Business Aviation?

Visual analysis of ADS-B data

Initial analysis of ADS-B data reveals the Hawker twinjet leveled off near the top of its requested altitude block, then began a rapid descent in a circular pattern that resembled the shape of a corkscrew. 

Credit: NTSB
The photos of the impact site are grim. The preliminary information from the NTSB reveals that the final minute of the pilots’ lives was spent in an uncontrolled plummet toward the ground. Sadly, this is not the first time a Hawker jet has experienced a violent loss of control while performing a...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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