Flight 81 Essay

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The Last Flight of Hawker 818MV
Incident
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation 125-800A, N818MV, operated by East Coast Jets and designated as Flight 81, departed Atlantic City International Airport at 0713 central daylight time on 31 July 2008. Flight 81 was transporting employees of Revel Entertainment to Degner Regional Airport in Owatonna, Minnesota as part of a five-leg trip sequence. During the landing on runway 30, the captain initiated a go-around late in the landing roll, striking the localizer antenna of runway 30. The two pilots and six passengers were killed, and the airplane was destroyed upon impact with the ground (Accident Report, 2011, p. 1).
Investigation and Analysis The East Coast Jets flight crew consisted of the captain, age 40, which had been employed for approximately three and one half years, and the first officer, age 27, which had been employed for approximately nine months. Both of the pilots held the appropriate pilot and medical …show more content…

At 0928:49, the captain stated to the first officer, “all I care is above ten [thousand feet] and we go fast so we can get around this….thing,” likely meaning that he wanted to maintain an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots, which is the maximum airspeed allowed below 10,000 feet by 14 CFR 91.117, “Aircraft Speed.” At 0930:09, the captain stated during a conversation with the first officer, “good thing I didn’t tell ‘em it was gonna be a smooth ride huh? I looked at the radar and there wasn’t anything.” The first officer responded, “doesn’t it figure [weather] pops up right when we get here?” The captain continued, “what do you mean what are my intentions? Get me around this…storm so I can go to the field…I ain’t gonna turn around and go home”

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