# NTSB FTW67A0083: Hawker-Sdly DH125, N142B, New Orleans, LA, February 11, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 11, 1967
- Place: New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119085
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0083
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0083

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0057  67/2/11    NEW ORLEANS,LA      HAWKER-SDLY DH125   CR-  0  0  2  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 5772
        TIME - 0700                    N142B               PX-  0  0  5  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           COPILOT - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- CREW WAS DISTRACTED BY SEA GULLS FLYING NEAR APPOACH TO LANDING RUNWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N142B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER-SDLY DH125
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lakefront

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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