Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lexington Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lexington, Kentucky 40510
Saturday, December 5, 1987 14:50 EST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
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.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/5/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1450 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Standard Time |
| Event City | LEXINGTON |
| Event State | KENTUCKY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 40510 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | LEXINGTON |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LEX |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 980 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1450 Eastern Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LEX |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 8000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 3 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 300 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 2 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | 2 |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | 2 |
| Injury Total All | 6 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2347 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 5 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1532 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 36230 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 13 2000 3:03PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N400PH |
| NTSB Number | ATL88MA053 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Hawker Siddeley |
| Aircraft Model | HS-125-400A |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | HS-125-400 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | NA716 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 23300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 11 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 31 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 108 |
| Airframe Hours | 5710 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SCOTT CABLE COMMUNICATION |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P. O. BOX 107 |
| Aircraft Owner City | LEAKEY |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 78873 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Business |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | DALLAS |
| Departure State | TX |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | NEW YORK |
| Destination State | NY |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 22 |
| Runway Length | 6998 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |