The site of the October 2025 crash of a Hawker 800XP near Bath Township, Michigan, U.S.
Citing two fatal accidents involving Hawker 800XP and Hawker 900XP airplanes, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is urging immediate action on safety recommendations calling for manufacturer-authorized pilot training and qualification criteria for pilots who conduct post-maintenance stall test flights in those and other Hawker models.
In urgent safety recommendations included in Aviation Investigation Report (AIR) 26-01, dated Jan. 2, the NTSB called on Textron Aviation to define pilot training and experience qualification criteria for pilots performing post-maintenance stall test flights in Hawker 700, 800, 800XP, 850XP, and 900XP airplanes “to ensure that they are prepared with the competencies needed to safely respond to an encounter with unacceptable stall characteristics.”
The report also called for development of a stall test plan that …
