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FAA incident report · Hawker Airc Hawker Hunt · Nas Ventura Cou, CA · May 6, 2010

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Date
May 6, 2010 · 14:00 local
Place
Nas Ventura Cou, CA
Airport
Point Mugu Nas (Naval Base Ven
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N330AX
Reported as
Hawker Airc Hawker Hunt
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce AVON MK 203
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total900 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N330AXRegistered now · Hawker HAWKER HUNTER MK.58S/N 41H-697457 · Built 1959Airframe modelHawker HAWKER HUNTER MK.58Engine modelRolls-Royce AVON MK 203Turbo-jet

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On may 6, 2010, N330AX, a Hawker hunter, landed gear-up on the runway at nas Ventura county (ntd). The aircraft sustained minor damages to the left and right external wing tanks. Additionally, a VHF antenna located on the belly of the aircraft sustained minor damage. The external fuel tanks were empty except for residual fuel. A small amount of fuel was spilled on the runway, approximately ten gallons, and was contained by the fire department. The mishap aircraft was part of a two ship flight. The other aircraft was an A-4. The purpose of the flight was a qualification flight for the A-4. The mishap pilot was flying as the chase in the Hawker hunter. The mishap aircraft completed the air work with the A-4 and returned to ntd. The mission was planned with extra fuel and both aircraft burned the excessive fuel in order to obtain landing weight in the traffic pattern performing low approaches. The A-4 landed first after the pattern work was completed. The mishap aircraft called mid-field abeam to the tower reporting gear down. The aircraft turned base to final and touched down on the runway on the external tanks. Human factors, the Hawker hunter aircraft does not have a landing gear handle with lights installed. Additionally the aircraft does not have a landing gear configuration warning system. The landing gear extension system consists of a push-pull button located on the lower left side of the cockpit just forward of the throttles. Also, the landing gear position indicating system is below and to the left of the landing gear actuation switch. The system consists of three small peanut lights and visibility of these lights to the pilot can be obscured. The mishap pilot is a full time employee of ups as a captain qualified in the B-757. Additionally, the mishap pilot is a part time pilot employed by atac. He is qualified in the A-4 and Hawker hunter. The followoing factors contributed to this incident: (1) the design of the aircraft's landing gear system; (2)the pilot being qualified in three different types of aircraft that were built by three different manufacturers .

As the FAA filed it

ON MAY 6, 2010, N330AX, A HAWKER HUNTER, LANDED GEAR-UP ON THE RUNWAY AT NAS VENTURA COUNTY (NTD). THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGES TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT EXTERNAL WING TANKS. ADDITIONALLY, A VHF ANTENNA LOCATED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE EXTERNAL FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR RESIDUAL FUEL. A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS SPILLED ON THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY TEN GALLONS, AND WAS CONTAINED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT WAS PART OF A TWO SHIP FLIGHT. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT WAS AN A-4. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A QUALIFICATION FLIGHT FOR THE A-4. THE MISHAP PILOT WAS FLYING AS THE CHASE IN THE HAWKER HUNTER. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE AIR WORK WITH THE A-4 AND RETURNED TO NTD. THE MISSION WAS PLANNED WITH EXTRA FUEL AND BOTH AIRCRAFT BURNED THE EXCESSIVE FUEL IN ORDER TO OBTAIN LANDING WEIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING LOW APPROACHES. THE A-4 LANDED FIRST AFTER THE PATTERN WORK WAS COMPLETED. THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT CALLED MID-FIELD ABEAM TO THE TOWER REPORTING GEAR DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT TURNED BASE TO FINAL AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY ON THE EXTERNAL TANKS. HUMAN FACTORS, THE HAWKER HUNTER AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE A LANDING GEAR HANDLE WITH LIGHTS INSTALLED. ADDITIONALLY THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE A LANDING GEAR CONFIGURATION WARNING SYSTEM. THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A PUSH-PULL BUTTON LOCATED ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT JUST FORWARD OF THE THROTTLES. ALSO, THE LANDING GEAR POSITION INDICATING SYSTEM IS BELOW AND TO THE LEFT OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATION SWITCH. THE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF THREE SMALL PEANUT LIGHTS AND VISIBILITY OF THESE LIGHTS TO THE PILOT CAN BE OBSCURED. THE MISHAP PILOT IS A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE OF UPS AS A CAPTAIN QUALIFIED IN THE B-757. ADDITIONALLY, THE MISHAP PILOT IS A PART TIME PILOT EMPLOYED BY ATAC. HE IS QUALIFIED IN THE A-4 AND HAWKER HUNTER. THE FOLLOWOING FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT: (1) THE DESIGN OF THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR SYSTEM; (2)THE PILOT BEING QUALIFIED IN THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AIRCRAFT THAT WERE BUILT BY THREE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS .