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Business Aircraft Accident Reports: February 2025
Preliminary and final accident reports, February 2025
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Preliminary Reports

Pilot Distraction Noted in Hawker/Mustang Collision

Hawker 850XP, Cessna Citation Mustang, Oct. 24, 2023, Houston

Pilot distraction is being eyed as a factor in the runway collision of the two business jets at William P. Hobby Airport (KHOU) in Houston, according to details in a preliminary report recently issued on the 2023 accident.

At 3:20 p.m. local time, the Hawker 850XP was taking off when it collided with the landing Citation Mustang at the intersection of Runways 22 and 13R. No injuries were reported among the occupants of either aircraft. The Hawker, operating as an on-demand passenger flight destined to Waukesha, Wisconsin, sustained minor damage, while the Citation, flown under Part 91 from Atlanta, was substantially damaged.