Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A N400PH

Summary

On 5 December 1987 at about 19:50 local time, a Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A registered N400PH was involved in an accident near Lexington, Kentucky, United States. 6 people were on board and 2 died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 December 1987 at 19:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Lexington (LEX)

Coordinates

38.0698, -84.5799

Aircraft

Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400A

Registration

N400PH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dallas → New York

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88MA053

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WHILE EN ROUTE AT FL 370, THE PLTS DECLARED AN EMERG, RPRTD A FIRE IN THE RGT ENG & REQD VECTORS TO THE NEAREST SUITABLEARPT. THEY WERE VECTORED TWD THE LEXINGTON BLUEGRASS ARPT & CLRD TO DSCND. SHORTLY AFTER DECLARING AN EMERG, THE PLTS RPRTD THEY SECURED THE RGT ENG & EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE LGT. AS THE ACFT WAS ON FINAL APCH TO LND, THE LOCAL CTLR (USING BINOCULARS) CONFIRMED THAT BOTH THE GEAR & FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. HOWEVER, AS THE ACFT CONTD ONTO A SHORT FINAL APCH, AN INCREASE IN ITS PITCH ATTITUDE WAS NOTED. IT THEN DROPPED BELOW THE LVL OF THE RWY THRESHOLD & IMPACTED IN A PASTURE SHORT OF THE RWY. AFTER INITIAL IMPACT, THE ACFT WENT THRU A STONE FENCE, HIT 2 UTILITY POLES, CROSSED A HIWAY, CAME TO REST AT THE PERIMETER FENCE & BURNED. AN AUTO WAS DMGD BY DEBRIS; 2 OCCUPANTS RECD MINOR INJURIES. AN INV REVEALED THE ACFT IMPACTED WITH THE GEAR EXTD, BUT THE FLAPS & FLAP HANDLE WERE FND IN THE UP PSN. AN EXAM OF THE RGT ENG REVEALED ITS OUTER EXHAUST CONE WAS CRACKED IN THE VCNTY OF A FIRE DETECTION LOOP. NO OTR PREEXISTING MECH PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.