MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet crash, Nov 30, 2004 (2 killed), Che...
MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet accident on November 30, 2004 near Chesterfield-Spirit of St Louis, Missouri, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: November 30, 2004
- Aircraft: MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet
- Location: Chesterfield-Spirit of St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The maintenance facility's failure to properly install and inspect the elevator trim system, causing reversed elevator trim, and the pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance, with the dark night and low ceiling as contributing factors.
A Hansa Jet on a maintenance ferry flight from Spirit of St. Louis took off at night with no airspeed indication and reversed elevator trim from improper maintenance. It climbed to about 900 feet and then descended into the Missouri River two miles from the airport. Both pilots were killed.