- Date
- November 6, 1992, 19:52 local (Nov 7, 1992, 01:52 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, TN
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N125HGHawker Siddeley DH.125-400A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921106045759A
- Case key
- 8675
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Probable cause
The company mechanic's improper preflight of the aircraft, resulting in a foreign object (flashlight) being left in the nose gear well.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
As the landing gear was raised following takeoff, the flight crew heard a 'crunching' sound, followed by a 'nose gear unsafe' light. After several unsuccessful attempts to lower the gear, they elected to land the aircraft at the Nashville international airport. The aircraft was landed with the nose gear partially extended. During the landing roll, the aircraft forward pressure bulkhead was damaged from contact with the runway surface. Subsequent investigation revealed that a mechanic employed by the operator had inadvertently left a 10-inch flashlight in the upper section of the nose gear well during his pre-flight inspection. During the landing gear retraction, the nose gear became jammed by the flashlight, and could not be raised or lowered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N125HG
- Reported as
- Hawker Siddeley DH.125-400A (DH.125-400)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25250
- Airframe hours
- 6,752
- Engine
- Garrett TFE 731-3-1H, 3,700 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Starstuck Jet Aviation Svcs.
- Registered owner
- Starstruck Jet, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 29, 1992 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- M33 · Gallatin, TN
- Destination
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BNA · Nashville Intl., runway 2, 7,702 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,800 total · 600 in this make and model · 3,630 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.