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Pilots’ Decision to Self-Conduct Stall Test Linked to Fatal Hawker Crash

A 24,000-foot-per-minute descent rate doesn’t leave much margin for recovery in any fixed-wing aircraft. In the case of the Raytheon Hawker 800XP that crashed near Bath Township, Michigan on October ...
Flying

NTSB: Post-Maintenance Stall Test Flown by Crew, Not Test Pilot, Preceded Fatal Hawker Crash

The NTSB is investigating a Hawker 800XP crash during a post-maintenance stall test flight in Michigan, focusing on the aircraft's stall characteristics and the crew's decision to perform the test ...
Flightglobal

Pilots performing post-maintenance stall test killed as Raytheon Hawker 800XP crashes in Michigan

Pilots of a Raytheon Hawker 800XP business jet were performing a post-maintenance stall test during a 16 October flight that ended with the jet crashing in Michigan, killing all three people aboard.
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Pilots in fatal mid-Michigan business jet crash did their own stall test, report says

CLINTON COUNTY, MI -- A federal accident report shows the crew of a business jet that crashed in October near Lansing decided to conduct their own stall test after maintenance was performed. Staff ...