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Hop-A-Jet: NTSB Final Report Is ‘Accurate Assessment’
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The NTSB released the final report on the crash of a Hop-A-Jet Bombardier Challenger 604 on Feb. 9, 2024, due to corrosion in the jet’s GE CF34-3B engines’ variable geometry (VG) system.

The NTSB yesterday released the final report on the crash of a Hop-A-Jet Bombardier Challenger 604 on Feb. 9, 2024, due to corrosion in the jet’s GE CF34-3B engines’ variable geometry (VG) system. Hop-A-Jet president Barry Ellis told AIN, “We’re very happy, the NTSB did an accurate assessment, and the way that it was written is understandable to a layman. So we felt like they did a really good job.”

Both pilots died in the accident after the Challenger’s engines lost power on approach to Naples Municipal Airport (KAPF), and they landed on the southbound lane of I-75. The flight attendant and two passengers were able to escape through the baggage door.