Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58 N345AX accident near Morro Bay, California, September 22, 2026
Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58, registration N345AX, operated by Hunter Aviation International Inc, was involved in an accident near Morro Bay, California on September 22, 2026. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as minor, with 1 people on board. Case WPR26LA359 is in work.
ADS-B receivers recorded 53 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 32,775 ft. The last recorded position was at 01:49 UTC, at 3,425 ft and 181 knots, descending at 10,176 feet per minute, about 35 km from San Luis Obispo/San Luis Cnty (KSBP).
The nearest weather report, from KSBP (35 km away), showed wind 300° at 14 knots gusting 21, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Hawker Hunter F.58A registered in United States (Mode S A3CFF7).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- September 22, 2026
- Location
- Morro Bay, California
- Aircraft
- Hawker Aircraft Ltd HAWKER HUNTER MK.58
- Registration
- N345AX
- Operator
- Hunter Aviation International Inc
- Injuries
- Minor (1 on board)
- NTSB case
- WPR26LA359 (In work)
- Nearest airport
- San Luis Obispo/San Luis Cnty (KSBP)
- Recorded flight
- 53 min, max 32,775 ft
- Last recorded position
- 01:49 UTC, 3,425 ft, 181 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case WPR26LA359; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.