# Incident 20201228020899I: Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 800XP, Bedford, MA, December 28, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2020, 13:09 local time
- Place: Bedford, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 9PMA
- Location: 42.4906° N, 71.2762° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bedford, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4906&lon=-71.2762&mi=10
- Aircraft: N348AJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N348AJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon HAWKER 800XP (registry code 7150012, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-hawker-800xp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY HAWKER 800XP
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731 SERIES
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201228020899I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 28, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1309 PM, N348AJ, A 1997 RAYTHEON HAWKER, 800-XP, S/N 258334, PILOTED BY CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ATP CERTIFICATE NO.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND FIRST OFFICER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE NO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCLUDING  SEVEN PASSENGERS ABOARD WERE ON TAKE-OFF ROLL RUNWAY 29 AT KBED. AFTER ACHIEVING V1 AND BEFORE ROTATING, A LOUD THUMP WAS HEARD. N348AJ ROTATED AND TOOK OFF. DURING CLIMB THE CREW RADIOED TOWER AND REQUESTED A FOD CHECK ON RUNWAY 29 AND WAS CONFIRMED SHORTLY AFTER. N348AJ ELECTED TO RETURN TO KBED. PASSENGERS WE'RE BRIEFED ON THE LANDING AND EXPECTED NO ABNORMALITIES. UNSURE OF THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE, N348AJ PERFORMED A NO-FLAP LANDING RETURNING TO KBED. N348AJ LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT INJURIES AND DEPLANED WITHOUT INCIDENT AFTER EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOLLOWED DURING TAXI TO THE FBO.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.