# NTSB ERA20CA073: Beech Hawker 900XP, N805D, San Juan, PR, January 3, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 3, 2020, 10:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: San Juan, PR
- Coordinates: 18.436944, -66.004997 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4369&lon=-66.0050&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 2020
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100793
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA20CA073
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100793/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100793
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA073

## 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

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

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=4220011), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md?model=4220011), [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing area undershoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md?model=4220011), [All aircraft, 201 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/370/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=4220011), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N805D), registered now, S/N HA-0113 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH HAWKER 900XP (No Series)
- Registry model: [Hawker Beechcraft HAWKER 900XP](https://openairdocs.org/model/hawker-beechcraft-hawker-900xp) (registry code 4220011) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Honeywell TFE731-50R](https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tfe731-50r) (registry code 33940, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: HA-0113
- Year built: 2009
- Engines: Honeywell TFE731-50R 4750 lbs thrust turbo fan; Honeywell TFE731-50R 4750 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; 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
- Co-pilot; age 65; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20200103003209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200103003209A), Jan 3, 2020: Hawker Beechcraft Corp HAWKER 900XP, San Juan, PR, Substantial damage. Aircraft was approaching tjig airport from the dominican republic on IFR flight plan. The captain flying the aircraft with runway 9 insight during final…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 13, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100793. 13.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 1000 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482254&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Diagram and Photographs of Airplane Touchdown Point (item 2, .PDF, 11.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482255&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Diagram%20and%20Photographs%20of%20Airplane%20Touchdown%20Point-Master.PDF
- Investigative Photographs (item 3, .PDF, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40482256&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Investigative%20Photographs-Master.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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