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Plane Crash
ASN Report

Date:	Thursday 16 October 2025
Time:	c. 17:27 LT
Type:	Hawker 800XP
Owner/operator:	Aereo Lineas del Centro SA
Registration:	XA-JMR
MSN:	258530
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Bath, MI -    United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Battle Creek-WK Kellogg Regional Airport, MI (BTL/KBTL)
Destination airport:	Battle Creek-WK Kellogg Regional Airport, MI (BTL/KBTL)
Investigating agency: 	NTSB

Narrative:
A Mexican registered Hawker 800XP, XA-JMR, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Bath, Michigan.
The three occupants perished.

XA-JMR had arrived at BTL on 25 March 2025. The accident was the first flight since then.
Preliminary information suggests the aircraft was engaged in a stall test following maintenance.

ADS-B data and a LiveATC.net recording to Cleveland Center ATC indicated that the airplane departed Battle Creek Regional Airport, MI (BTL) at 21:08 UTC. It climbed to the FMS selected altitude of 15,000 feet.
The flight crew requested a block altitude from 14,000 to 16,000 feet for testing.
At 21:27 UTC, after passing Lansing, Michigan, the aircraft began to turn left an descended about 600 feet.
It climbed back up to 15,000 feet until entering a high rate of descent seconds later.
The aircraft impacted terrain about one minute later.
A radio could can be heard on the Cleveland Center frequency indicating they were in a stall.

Sources:

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/551896

https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/michigan-state-police-respond-to-small-plane-crash-in-bath-township/883922/
https://www.wlns.com/news/police-respond-to-plane-crash-in-bath-township/
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/lansing-michigan-plane-crash-small-aircraft-crashes-in-bath-township-3-feared-dead-article-153012472
https://audio.com/drew-bowen-1/audio/kfnt2-zob12-lansing-low-oct-16-2025-2100z-1

https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/XAJMR/history/20251016/2010Z/KBTL/KBTL
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=0d06bf&lat=42.532&lon=-84.904&zoom=10.3&showTrace=2025-10-16&trackLabels

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/29041_1614500763.jpg (photo)