Crosscheck: Crosswind Safeguards In The HondaJet

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This HA-420 HondaJet was substantially damaged in a landing accident at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston.

Credit: NTSB
Business jets as of this writing had experienced nine landing accidents due to crosswinds since 2021. No particular aircraft type has been affected more than another except one—the HA-420 HondaJet. A HondaJet was involved in four of the nine crosswind landing accidents. The accident reports have...
Roger Cox

A former military, corporate and airline pilot, Roger Cox was also a senior investigator at the NTSB. He writes about aviation safety issues.

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