Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 4 April 2018
Aircraft Type: Learjet 40XR
Owner/operator: Union Gas Air Ventures I LLC
Registration Number: N626FX
Location: Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Component Affected: N626FX, Cessna Citation 560XL, Learjet 40XR, and Learjet 45XRN626FX, Cessna Citation 560XL, Learjet 40XR, and Learjet 45XR
Category: Other
A thunderstorm caused a microburst at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, resulting in a partial collapse of a hangar. This resulted in damage to several aircraft, including N626FX, Cessna Citation 560XL, Learjet 40XR, and Learjet 45XR. The tail of N626FX sustained damage, specifically a struck ground, and a fuel cell in the left wing was damaged.A thunderstorm caused a microburst at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, resulting in a partial collapse of a hangar. This resulted in damage to several aircraft, including N626FX, Cessna Citation 560XL, Learjet 40XR, and Learjet 45XR. The tail of N626FX sustained damage, specifically a struck ground, and a fuel cell in the left wing was damaged.
Description
During a thunderstorm, a local microburst hit a hangar at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport in Texas, USA. The hangar partially collapsed. Several aircraft, parked inside and outside, were damaged. N626FX was struck by the hangar, building contents and equipment and the tail appears to have struck the ground. The right engine inlet sustained damage and a hole in the left wing fuel cell was among various other structural damage observed on the aircraft. Alliance Air Parts subsequently acquired some aircraft for spares: Cessna Citation 560XL N900WL (msn 560-5037); Learjet 40XR N626FX (msn 2120); Learjet 45XR N618CW (msn 430).
Source of Information
https://www.click2houston.com/news/intense-winds-cause-hangar-collapse-at-hobby-airport?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=kprc2https://www.click2houston.com/news/intense-winds-cause-hangar-collapse-at-hobby-airport?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snd&utm_content=kprc2Primary Cause
Microburst and thunderstorm conditions caused a structural collapse of the hangar.Microburst and thunderstorm conditions caused a structural collapse of the hangar.Share on:
