# Accident 20190509004259A: Hawker Siddeley HUNTER MK.58, Newport News, VA, May 9, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2019, 10:13 local time
- Place: Newport News, VA
- Airport: Newport News / Williamsburg
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1319° N, 76.4931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1319&lon=-76.4931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N343AX-2019-09-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hawker Siddeley HUNTER MK.58 (registry code 4230313, https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-hunter-mk-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce AVON MK207 (registry code 54224, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-avon-mk207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SIDDELEY HUNTER MK.58
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC AVON MK207
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190509004259A

## Narrative

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

A/C DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO HYDRAULIC ISSUES. AIRCRAFT LANDED RUNWAY 25, SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY AND WENT INTO THE GRASS BETWEEN TAXIWAY A AND RUNWAY 20. AIRPORT IS CLOSED DUE TO DEBRIS AND LEAKING FUEL. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE RAMP

PILOTS STATEMENT OF ACCIDENT... DID TWO TOUCH & GOES, WATCHED BY AN INSTRUCTOR IN A CHASE PLANE.  BOTH TOUCH & GOES APPEARED TO BE STANDARD WITH NO EVIDENCE OF A BOUNCE OR HARD LANDING BASED ON STATEMENTS OF PILOT AND CHASE PLANE INSTRUCTOR PILOT.  AFTER 2ND TOUCH & GO THE PILOT SAID THE GEAR RETRACTED SLOW, THEN WHEN FINALLY UP HE HAD A RIGHT MAIN UNSAFE LIGHT.  HE THEN LOWERED THE GEAR WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY GAVE A THREE DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION.  APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS LATER THE HYDRAULIC CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON WHICH INDICATED REDUCED HYDRAULIC PRESSURE.  THE CHASE PLANE NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  BOTH PILOTS THEN WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST FOR A HYDRAULIC FAILURE ALONG WITH DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WITH KPHF TOWER.  PILOT MADE A NO FLAP LANDING APPROACH WITH THREE GREEN LANDING LIGHTS.

PILOT STATED THE ELEVATOR THEN LATER THE AILERONS WENT INTO MANUAL MODE (LACK OF HYDRAULICS) ON FINAL.  HE CROSSED THE THRESHOLD AND REDUCED POWER TO LAND AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 160KTS AT TOUCHDOWN.  PILOT STATED THE LANDING WAS EXTREMELY SMOOTH AND SOFT BUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE CHUTE WAS IMMEDIATELY STREAMED AND FULL LEFT RUDDER APPLIED WITH LEFT BRAKE AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT.  AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE HE SECURED THE ENGINE.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 25 AND 20 THEN IT CROSSED RUNWAY 20 PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY THEN ONTO THE GRASS BETWEEN RUNWAY 20 AND THE TAXIWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A WATER DRAINAGE DITCH.

AFTER ACCIDENT, BYSTANDER CAME FORWARD WITH PHOTOS SHOWING THE FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CAN BE SEEN HORIZONTAL AND TRAILING.  THE GEAR INDICATOR IS LOCATED ON THE ACTUATOR WHICH WAS FULLY EXTENDED, WHICH ALLOWED THE GREEN GEAR INDICATION EVEN WITH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE GEAR BROKE.  RIGHT GEAR HAD FRACTURE THAT WAS "CLEAN" RELATIVE THE LEFT GEAR THAT WAS FRACTURED SHOWING "TEARING" OF THE METAL.

## 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 ERA19LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA169), May 9, 2019: Hawker Siddeley Hunter (N343AX), Newport News, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear due to a fatigue cracking.

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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