# Accident 20021216033129A: Raythn DH125, Seattle, WA, December 16, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 2002, 19:21 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing Field-King County International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5167° N, 122.3033° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5167&lon=-122.3033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55RF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55RF-2003-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Siddeley DH-125 (registry code 4230102, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-dh-125) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Brist Sid MARK-521 (registry code 10201, https://openairdocs.org/engine/brist-sid-mark-521) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHN DH125
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA03LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021216033129A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT ALLAN JOHN KELLY ALLOWED THE CO-PILOT TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. PILOT STATED THEY HAD USED A CHECKLIST BUT DID NOT RECALL IF THEY HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS TO INDICATE THAT ALL THREE GEARS WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ALSO INDICATED THEY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY GEAR WARNING HORN WHILE ON FINAL OR ON THE FLAIR, INDICATED EVERYTHIN APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL SOUND, WHICH HE HAD THOUGHT MAYBE A FLAT TIRE. THE PILOT STATED THAT IS WHEN HE REALIZED THE SOUND WAS THE RESULT OF THE FLAPS CONTACTING THE GROUND, AT WHICH TIME HE THOUGHT HE HAD RETRACTED THE FLAPS. PILOT STATED HE HAD WIGGLED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO VERIFY IT WAS IN THE DOWN DETENT AND THAT WAS WHEN HE HAD NOTICED HE HAD RED LANDING GEAR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, I HAD VERIFIED THE FLAP HANDLE WAS IN THE RETRACT POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA03LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA03LA018), Dec 17, 2002: Hawker Siddeley DH-125 (N55RF), Seattle, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The landing gear down and locked was not verified prior to landing. The checklist was not followed, and an inoperative landing gear warning horn were factors.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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