Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A N50HH

Summary

On 2 August 1986 at about 23:06 local time, a Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A registered N50HH, operated by Fred Bullard & Assoc., was involved in an accident near Bedford, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 August 1986 at 23:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Bedford, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Virgil Grissom (BFR)

Coordinates

38.8606, -86.4891

Aircraft

Hawker Siddeley DH-125-1A

Registration

N50HH

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Fred Bullard & Assoc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Toledo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FA191

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

THE PLT CANCELED IFR 8 MILES FROM THE ARPT TO CONTINUE ON A VISUAL APCH AND LANDING. WITNESSES STATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD JUST PASSED OVER THE ARPT. WIND INFO ISSUED TO THE PLT BY UNICOM WERE WEST AT 20 KTS. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT APCH RWY 31 AND EXECUTE A GO-AROUND BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. THE ACFT CIRLED LEFT TO A RWY 6 (ALMOST DIRECT DOWNWIND) APCH. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 2/3 DOWN THE 3100 FT LONG RWY. THE ENGINES WERE HEARD TO SPOOL UP TO HIGH POWER (NO THRUST REVERSERS) BUT THE ACFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE. IT OVERRAN THE RWY INTO ROUGH TERRAIN AND CAUGHT FIRE. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN, FLAPS WERE AT APCH SETTING AND SPEED BRAKES WERE FULLY DEPLOYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.