| Date: | Thursday 7 November 1985 |
| Time: | 07:35 |
| Type: |  Hawker Siddeley HS-125-F400A |
| Owner/operator: | Hardees Foods |
| Registration: | N984HF |
| MSN: | 25183/NA717 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8461 hours |
| Engine model: | Garrett TFE731-3-1H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sparta-White County Airport, TN -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rocky Mount-Wilson Airport, NC (RWI/KRWI) |
| Sparta-White County Airport, TN (KSRB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Hydroplaned off runway, went down an embankment and hit a ditch. A dam formed by previously cut grass at the runway edge prevented water drainage.
NTSB reports the registration as N100HF.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
airport facilities,runway/landing area condition..foreign substance covered
information..not identified..airport personnel
unsafe/hazardous condition warning..not issued..airport personnel
terrain condition..wet
runway maintenance..inadequate..airport personnel
aircraft performance,hydroplaning condition..water
brakes(normal)..delayed..pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
landing gear,tire..pressure too low
Sources:
NTSB
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