Date: | Saturday 5 December 1987 |
Time: | 14:50 |
Type: | 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
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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 |
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Sources:
Dallas Morning News, 6-12-1987
NTSB
Location
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