View Full Version : Astra 1125 Crash at Hot Springs, Virginia - 3/10/2024
BFSGrad
4th Apr 2024, 15:01
On March 10, 2024, about 1452 eastern daylight time, an Israel Aircraft Industries 1125 Westwind Astra airplane, N1125A, was involved in an accident at the Ingalls Field Airport (HSP), Hot Springs, Virginia. The airline transport pilot, commercial pilot, and three passengers were fatally injured.
NTSB Aviation Investigation Preliminary Report - N1125A (https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193906/pdf)
pattern_is_full
5th Apr 2024, 02:08
Uggh!
With the limited information available so far - maybe caught in a severe downdraft, as the strong and gusty westerly winds dropped into the 1200-foot-deep gorge underlying the approach to 25 at this tabletop airport.
(Viewers will have to call up the terrain mapping manually - can't get a map link to work wioth it active.)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hot+Springs,+VA+24445/@37.9555577,-79.823135,4745m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x884c96d5d02f6669:0x3dae11ba60e9bab 8!8m2!3d37.9993993!4d-79.831587!16zL20vMDdtNXJ0?entry=ttu
Looked at a map and 2,400 feet out from the threshold the terrain is 980 feet lower than the runway, with the winds they would have encountered bad downdrafts. Our military airfield had such a terrain/runway configuration which was responsible for a number of accidents, locally runway 26 and downdraft were synonoymous.
ST Dog
5th Apr 2024, 15:11
Uggh!
With the limited information available so far - maybe caught in a severe downdraft, as the strong and gusty westerly winds dropped into the 1200-foot-deep gorge underlying the approach to 25 at this tabletop airport.
(Viewers will have to call up the terrain mapping manually - can't get a map link to work wioth it active.)
This seems to work...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/iQiwUiox7GJPmKhV7
RatherBeFlying
5th Apr 2024, 16:43
Truckee airport has a litany of accidents from gliders up to jets. A steep drop before a runway can trigger downdrafts and rotors. A shallow approach can get you caught.
Does a 3° glideslope keep you above the windshears when it's blowing 30 kt?