The plane was carrying seven people from a Boca Raton, Fla., real-estate development company that was headed to Akron from Dayton.
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On November 10, 2015, about 1452 eastern standard time (EST), Execuflight flight 1526, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A, N237WR, departed controlled flight while on approach to landing at Akron Fulton global Airport (AKR) and impacted a 4-plex apartment building in Akron, Ohio. The report says one of the pilots in the accident airplane acknowledged the issue by saying, “thanks for the update”.
According to the NTSB report, an airplane that landed just before the plane that crashed had a few important information about the weather conditions that day.
The postcrash fire consumed most of the airplane; however, the airframe, engines, primary flight controls, and landing gear were all accounted for at the accident site.
NTSB investigators said last week that they had reviewed 30 minutes of conversations between the pilots from the cockpit voice recorder.
Although the safety board is probing all aspects of the flight, the report indicates the investigation will focus on whether the Hawker pilots adhered to minimum altitude restrictions – or flew below them – in an attempt to see the runway.
The report said the pilots were in contact with air traffic controllers from a larger, nearby airport about their instrument approach at 10 miles out from Akron Fulton, which doesn’t have a control tower.
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Crews in northern OH are tearing down an apartment building that was destroyed when a business jet crashed into it, killing all nine onboard the plane.
