# Incident 20191016018919I: Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 850XP, Richmond, VA, October 16, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2019, 08:33 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 1KSA
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N720TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N720TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon HAWKER 850XP (registry code 7150016, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-hawker-850xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Honeywell TFE731-5BR (registry code 33851, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-5br) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY HAWKER 850XP
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731-5BR
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191016018919I

## Narrative

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

N720TM OPERATED AS PVO720 ON 10/16/19.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED IAD AT 1148Z.

PVO720 CHECKED ON WITH FLTRK WHILE ENROUTE TO KRIC AND WAS TOLD TO EXPECT ILS16.

AT 1205 PVO720 REQUESTED TO BREAK OFF ILS16 APPROACH BECAUSE OF NOSE GEAR NOT CENTERING.  THEY TOOK DELAYING VECTORS TO WORK OUT ISSUE AND  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AT 1212. THE PILOTS  REQUESTED TO DO A FLY BY RIC TOWER.  CALLED INTO RIC AT 1214. THEY WERE CLEARED FOR THE ILS16 FOR THE FLYBY.

1226 RIC ADVISED GEAR APPEARED DOWN. THEY WERE VECTORED BACK AROUND FOR ANOTHER APPROACH.

UPON TOUCHDOWN OF THE NOSE WHEEL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOTS MANAGED CONTROLS TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY BUT WERE UNABLE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF INTO THE GRASS.

INSPECTION WITH TEXTRON REVEALED AN UNDERSERVICED NOSE STRUT. NO INDICATION OF CORROSION ON SELECTOR VALVE. THEY REPLACED THE CENTERING CAM BUT IT DID NOT SHOW SIGNS OF FAILURE. ALL OTHER TESTS FOR THE NOSE WHEEL STEERING WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N720TM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20230118000229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230118000229I), Jan 18, 2023: Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 850XP (N720TM), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted]Declared an inflight emergency with zdc due to a cracked windshield. Aircraft diverted to kiso and landed saely without further incident.

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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