HAWKER 700A, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, SEPT. 20, 2003–An instructor was preparing two pilots for their Part 135 competency and proficiency checks, doing stalls in a practice area near Southeast Texas Regional Airport, when the Hawker went into a spin and crashed. The NTSB blamed the flying pilot’s failure to maintain aircraft control and adequate airspeed. Contributing factors included performing intentional stalls at too low an altitude to afford a safe recovery, the pilot’s failure to add power in an attempt to recover and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the flight.
The crew performed several steep turns and stalls. One pilot remarked that he had never flown a jet before and would have to get used to its feel. The instructor, listed as pilot-in-command and seated in the jump seat, asked the other pilot to do an approach stall. The pilot asked the instructor if he had “ever done stalls in the airplane.” The instructor replied, “It’s been a while.” The pilot remarked, “This is the first time I’ve probably done stalls in a jet. Nah, I take that back, I’ve done them in a (Lear).”
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