- Date
- January 3, 2020, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N805DBeech Hawker 900XP
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20200103003209A
- Case key
- 100793
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate during landing, which resulted in a hard landing short of the runway.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
As the pilot and copilot of the business jet were conducting an instrument approach to the runway and as the airplane was about to touch down, the pilot reduced the engine power. The airplane then descended and landed hard on a grassy area short of the runway threshold. The fuselage sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane what would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
At the conclusion of an uneventful instrument flight rules flight, the flight crew of the business jet conducted an instrument approach to the runway. As the airplane was about to touch down, the pilot flying reduced engine power, the airplane descended and landed "hard" on a grassy area short of the runway threshold. The fuselage was substantially damaged during the landing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane what would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N805D
- Reported as
- Beech Hawker 900XP (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- HA-0113
- Built
- 2009
- Engines
- Honeywell TFE731-50R, 4,750 lbs thrust, turbo fanHoneywell TFE731-50R, 4,750 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro Pilot
- Registered owner
- Hawker 900 Xp Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · November 1, 2019 · 2,198 hours before
- Departed
- TJIG · La Romana
- Destination
- SIG · San Juan, PR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SIG · Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci, runway 09, 5,539 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 17, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 33,245 total · 1,800 in this make and model · 40 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 23, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 16,185 total · 10,122 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 4.8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,900 ft broken
- Observed at
- TJSJ
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 13, 2020, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 13.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.