# NTSB CEN25LA083: Raytheon Hawker 800XP, N6NR, Minneapolis, MN, January 20, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 20, 2025, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Coordinates: 44.881972, -93.221778 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8820&lon=-93.2218&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199571
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199571/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199571
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA083

## Probable cause

The failure of the nose landing gear to extend for undetermined reasons.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Malfunction (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon HAWKER 800XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md?model=7150012), [All aircraft, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023200/cases.md)
- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Raytheon HAWKER 800XP, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md?model=7150012), [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Raytheon HAWKER 800XP, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=7150012), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095); cases with it: [Raytheon HAWKER 800XP, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=7150012), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Analysis

After a cross-country flight, the flight crew configured the airplane for landing, but the nose landing gear did not extend. The flight crew attempted to trouble shoot the problem by cycling the landing gear several times, with no results. The flight crew also tried to lower the nose landing gear with the hydraulic hand pump, but that was not successful. The flight crew went through the pre-landing checklist one more time, but the nose landing gear still did not come down. After trying unsuccessfully to extend the nose landing gear, the flight crew decided to perform a landing with the nose landing gear still retracted and the main landing gear extended. The airplane touched down on the runway and a section of the fuselage just above the retracted nose landing gear sustained substantial damage. The pilot mentioned in his statement that the nose landing gear doors might have been frozen shut because the flight originated from an area of high moisture, and the landing gear was lowered in an area of very cold temperatures. This could not be proven and the manufacturer stated that they did not have any previous reports of the nose landing gear doors freezing shut with this model of airplane. After the accident, the landing gear was tested using both the handpump and low and high hydraulic pressure in the airplane systems. All landing gear extended and retracted normally and provided the appropriate landing gear configuration indications on the instrument panel. There were no mechanical anomalies with the landing gear system that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6NR](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6NR), registered now, S/N 258701, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY HAWKER 800XP
- Registry model: [Raytheon HAWKER 800XP](https://openairdocs.org/model/raytheon-hawker-800xp) (registry code 7150012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Honeywell TFE-731-SER series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe-731-ser-series) (registry code 33902, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 258701
- Year built: 2004
- Engines: HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER 4750 lbs thrust turbo fan; HONEYWELL TFE-731-SER 4750 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 30, 2024, 4,949 hours before
- Departed: FXE, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination: FCM, Flying Cloud, MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MSP, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain, runway 12R/30L, 10,000 × 200 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 5, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 14,211 total, 57 in this make and model, 13,354 as pilot in command, 103 in the last 90 days, 54 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours
- Co-pilot; age 32; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 30, 2024; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 3,026 total, 56 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days, 43 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature: -9 °F, dew point -18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.51 inHg
- Observed at: KMSP
- METAR: KMSP 201653Z 31008KT 7SM -SN BKN022 M23/M28 A3051 RMK AO2 SNB03 SLP362 P0000 T12281278

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250120000789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250120000789A), Jan 20, 2025: Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 800XP, Minneapolis, MN, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed with two crew and four passengers on January 20, 2025. Weather at departure was noted as overcast with moderate rain and 66F. Pilot in…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199571. 4.5 MB in all.

- NTSB form 6120 pilot operator report CEN25LA083 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18316247&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Form%206120%20Pilot%20Operator%20Report%20CEN25LA083%20(2)_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot statement CEN25LA083 (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 58 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18316451&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20CEN25LA083-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for the record landing gear examinations CEN25LA083 (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 134 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18315978&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20the%20Record%20Landing%20Gear%20Examinations%20CEN25LA083_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Memorandum for the record nose landing gear door issues CEN25LA083 (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 110 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18352034&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20the%20Record%20Nose%20Landing%20Gear%20Door%20Issues%20CEN25LA083_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Investigation photographs CEN25LA083 (item 5, PDF, 3 pages, 406 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18315887&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20CEN25LA083-Rel.pdf

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.

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