Hawker 800XP crashes during maintenance test flight in Michigan

(Images from WWMT and Lansing State Journal)

A Hawker 800XP (XA-JMR) crashed east of downtown Bath, Michigan during a stall flight onThursday.

The aircraft had departed from Battle Creek Executive Airport (BTL) and had been its first flight since arrival in March. The stall flight was part of a test flight that was done after scheduled maintenance at Duncan Aviation’s Battle Creek facility, according to local news WWMT. Two customer pilots and a maintenance representative were the only occupants of the aircraft. All three died in the crash, reported Aviation Safety Network…

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