- Date
- April 12, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N888WKHawker Siddeley HS-125
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850412029309I
- Case key
- 31284
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that on an FAA check flt, the nose gear would not extend. Subsequently, the acft received minor damage when it was landed with the nose gear retracted. An investigation revealed that a nose landing gear door rod assembly had failed from fatigue & caused the nose gear door to jam in the open position. In turn, this disabled the nose gear sequencing valve & prevented the nose gear from extending.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N888WK
- Reported as
- Hawker Siddeley HS-125
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NA-704
- Airframe hours
- 5,850
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce VIPER 522, 3,360 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Woodland United Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PMP · Pompano, FL
- Airport
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood, runway 13, 6,925 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,200 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.