Hawker 800XP crash, Jun 8, 2015, Port Harcourt
Hawker 800XP accident on June 8, 2015 near Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria with no fatalities. Cause: AIB Nigeria preliminary and final findings (as...
- Date: June 8, 2015
- Aircraft: Hawker 800XP
- Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: AIB Nigeria preliminary and final findings (as quoted by Vanguard): black hole effect disorientation causing a low level manoeuvre into the grass verge; most of the Runway 21 right edge lights unserviceable; inadequate crew resource management during the approach.
On 11 June 2015 a SWAT Technology Hawker 800XP flew a charter from Abuja to Port Harcourt at night in light rain. On the ILS approach to Runway 21 most of the right edge lights were out, and the aircraft touched down with its left main wheel in the grass; the crew steered it back onto the runway, but the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft stopped on the runway. All five occupants left the aircraft without injury, and Nigerian investigators found black hole effect disorientation led to a low level manoeuvre into the grass verge.