# Incident 20230602008649I: Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 850XP, Chattanooga, TN, June 2, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2023, 18:56 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Chattanooga Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0353° N, 85.2038° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0353&lon=-85.2038&mi=10
- Aircraft: N568BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N568BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Raytheon HAWKER 850XP (registry code 7150016, https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-hawker-850xp) (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 850XP
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE731 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,205 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230602008649I

## Narrative

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

CREW WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON A POST MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. PRIOR TO LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO SHOW IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. CHECKLIST WAS FOLLOWED FOR THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. FLIGHT CREW WAS UNABLE TO GET THE NOSE IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. ANNUNCIATOR WAS SHOWING RED UNSAFE NOSE GEAR ALONG WITH MECHANICAL LOCK PIN NOT BEING UP FOR A DOWN AND LOCKED NOSE GEAR. CREW DID A FLYBY OF THE KCHA TOWER AT APPROXIMATELY 100FT AGL FOR A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR POSITION. THE TOWER REPORTED THAT ALL LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. DUE TO THE NOSE GEAR NOT INDICATING A GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED OR THE MECHANICAL PIN INDICATION OF THE NOSE GEAR BEING LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY PRIOR TO LANDING AT KCHA. CREW FOLLOWED THE MANUFACTURER APPROVED CHECKLIST FOR LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR SHOWING RED NOSE GEAR UNSAFE. UPON LANDING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED, AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON ITS NOSE, STAYING CENTERED ON THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES TO THE CREW OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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