Loss of control Accident Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A N400PH,
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Date:Saturday 5 December 1987
Time:14:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic H25A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A
Owner/operator:Scott Cable Communications
Registration: N400PH
MSN: 25180
Year of manufacture:1969
Total airframe hrs:5710 hours
Engine model:Rolls-Royce Viper 522
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Lexington-Blue Grass Airport, KY (LEX) -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Dallas-Love Field, TX (DAL/KDAL)
Destination airport:New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Diverted due to an engine fire warning en route Dallas-New York. Impacted in a pasture short of the runway, went through a stone fence, hit 2 utility poles, crossed a highway, came to rest at the perimeter fence & burned. Inadvertent raising of flaps.

PROBABLE CAUSE:
raising of flaps..inadvertent
stall/mush..inadvertent..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
exhaust system,exhaust cone/tailpipe(jet engine)..cracked
exhaust system,exhaust cone/tailpipe(jet engine)..leak
engine compartment..overtemperature

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: ATL88MA053
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 2 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

Dallas Morning News, 6-12-1987
NTSB

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