Accident description
Last updated: 25 June 2018
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | Monday 16 December 2002 |
| Time: | 19:07 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-125-1A-731 |
| Operator: | National Aircraft Leasing |
| Registration: | N55RF |
| C/n / msn: | 25020 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI) ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-Mather Airport, CA (MHR/KMHR), United States of America |
| Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA (BFI/KBFI), United States of America |
The Co-Pilot was the flying pilot with the captain giving directions throughout the approach phase. The captain stated that he extended the flaps and the landing gear. When the aircraft touched down, the landing gear was not extended.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The landing gear down and locked was not verified prior to landing. The checklist was not followed, and an inoperative landing gear warning horn were factors."
Accident investigation:
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Classification:
Wheel(s) up landingSources:
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Distance from Sacramento-Mather Airport, CA to Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 994 km (622 miles).
Distance from Sacramento-Mather Airport, CA to Seattle-Boeing Field International Airport, WA as the crow flies is 994 km (622 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
