Execuflight Flight EFT1526

Execuflight Flight EFT1526 was a chartered Raytheon Hawker 700 which departed Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport and crashed 36 minutes later while on approach to landing, into an Akron, Ohio apartment complex shortly before 3:00 pm (15:00) EST in rainy weather. The aircraft was on final approach to runway 25 at Akron Fulton International Airport, some downcourse. Witnesses reported hearing a loud explosion, and seeing smoke/flames as the crash occurred. All nine occupants of the aircraft, including both pilots, were killed in the crash. Akron police units were the first to report to the scene, followed shortly by firefighters and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched an incident team to the site of the crash, and will assume leadership in the investigation.
Flight
The flight originated as flight EFT 1521 from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport on Monday, November 9, 2015, leaving at about 7 a.m. and flying to St. Paul Downtown Airport in St. Paul, Minnesota; the second leg was was flight EFT 1522 to Quad City International Airport in Moline, Illinois, and a third leg was flight EFT 1523 to Spirit of St. Louis Airport in Missouri, before finishing the day as flight EFT 1524 about 7.50 p.m. at the Cincinnati Municipal Airport (Lunken Field). On Tuesday, the aircraft made a refueling stop as the fifth leg flight EFT 1525 to Dayton-Wright Brothers Airport before embarking at 2:13 p.m on the sixth leg flight EFT 1526, leaving at 2.13 p.m. for a 36-minute journey to Akron Fulton International Airport. It has several designations, owing to its complicated construction history, with Raytheon Hawker 700 being the latest, but originally British Aerospace 125-700, and is certified as an HS 125-700A in the FAA Register.
Investigation
National Transportation Safety Board is overseeing the investigation. The nearby forensic scientists of Mercyhurst University located in Erie, Pennsylvania have been asked to assist in combing the wreckage to effect positive identification of the victims, all presumably contained within the burned out fuselage. Accoringly, a team from the university's forensic anthropology department, including faculty and graduate students, has joined the investigation on the ground.
On 11 November, investigators said that a pilot who landed at a near by airport reported not hearing any distress calls from the jet while on the same frequency.
Passengers
All seven passengers died. They were all partners, executives or employees of Pebb Enterprises, a Boca Raton, Florida real-estate holding company . The aircraft had been booked by the group for a three-day prospecting trip.<ref name=fox10tv />

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