# NTSB CHI86FA191: Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A, N50HH, Bedford, IN, August 2, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1986, 18:06 local (23:06 UTC)
- Place: Bedford, IN
- Coordinates: 38.860641, -86.48912 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8606&lon=-86.4891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13266
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13266/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FA191

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - speed brakes - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT CANCELED IFR 8 MILES FROM THE ARPT TO CONTINUE ON A VISUAL APCH AND LANDING. WITNESSES STATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST PASSED OVER THE ARPT. WIND INFO ISSUED TO THE PLT BY UNICOM WERE WEST AT 20 KTS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT APCH RWY 31 AND EXECUTE A GO-AROUND BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE ACFT CIRLED LEFT TO A RWY 6 (ALMOST DIRECT DOWNWIND) APCH. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 2/3 DOWN THE 3100 FT LONG RWY. THE ENGINES WERE HEARD TO SPOOL UP TO HIGH POWER (NO THRUST REVERSERS) BUT THE ACFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE. IT OVERRAN THE RWY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN AND CAUGHT FIRE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN, FLAPS WERE AT APCH SETTING AND SPEED BRAKES WERE FULLY DEPLOYED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50HH](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50HH-2013-10-29), registration cancelled 2013-10-29, S/N 25022, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SIDDELEY DH-125-1A
- Registry model: [Hawker Siddeley DH.125-1A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-siddeley-dh-125-1a) (registry code 4230106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce VIPER MK522](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-viper-mk522) (registry code 54552, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25022
- Engines: ROLLS-ROYCE VIPER 522 3360 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Fred Bullard & Assoc., doing business as International Leasing, Inc.
- Registered owner: American Agronomics
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: TOL, TOLEDO, OH
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BFR, Virgil Grissom, runway 6, 3,100 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 6,544 total, 605 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,800 ft overcast
- Temperature: 81 °F

## 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 19860802036799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860802036799A), Aug 2, 1986: Hwksly DH1251A, Bedford, IN, Destroyed. Go around attempted after a long touchdown with a strong tailwind. Struck rough terrain and trees off short runway.

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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