The NTSB's preliminary report says a Raytheon Hawker 800XP crashed into woods near Lansing, Michigan on 16 October during a post‑maintenance stall test, killing all three aboard. The crew elected to perform the test themselves — the jet's first flight since repairs at Duncan Aviation in March.
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The crew’s decision to perform a post‑maintenance stall test themselves, rather than waiting for a qualified test pilot, is a primary focus of the NTSB probe and has immediate implications for MRO and operator flight‑test policies.
Investigators will recover wreckage and flight data to reconstruct the sequence of events — consistent with the NTSB’s approach in other high‑profile probes where on‑site recovery and data analysis are central to causal findings and recommendations (see the NTSB’s ongoing work to recover and analyze wreckage and recorders).
The NTSB has recently acted quickly on safety risks (for example, issuing an urgent inspection requirement for Learjet landing gear), signaling this crash could prompt rapid airworthiness guidance or directives that affect MROs and operators.
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