Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 4 April 2018
Aircraft Type: Learjet 45XR
Owner/operator: ERG Holdings LLC
Registration Number: N618CW
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: Nose structure of N618CW, nose landing gear of N618CW, nose structure of Cessna Citation 560XL N900WL, nose landing gear of Learjet 40XR N626FX, and nose structure of Learjet 45XR N618CW.Nose structure of N618CW, nose landing gear of N618CW, nose structure of Cessna Citation 560XL N900WL, nose landing gear of Learjet 40XR N626FX, and nose structure of Learjet 45XR N618CW.
Category: Other
A thunderstorm caused a microburst to impact a hangar at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, Texas, resulting in the partial collapse of the hangar and damage to several aircraft. N618CW, Alliance Air Parts, and Learjet aircraft were affected.A thunderstorm caused a microburst to impact a hangar at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport, Texas, resulting in the partial collapse of the hangar and damage to several aircraft. N618CW, Alliance Air Parts, and Learjet aircraft were affected.
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. The nose structure of N618CW was crushed by a large beam of the collapsed hangar and the nose landing gear collapsed. 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 formation and impact of a collapsing hangar.Microburst formation and impact of a collapsing hangar.Share on:
