Accident Hawker Siddeley DH 125-400A N100HF, Thursday 7 November 1985

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Date:	Thursday 7 November 1985
Time:	08:35 LT
Type:	Hawker Siddeley DH 125-400A
Owner/operator:	Hardee's Food System, Inc.
Registration:	N100HF
MSN:	NA 717
Total airframe hrs:	8461 hours
Engine model:	Garrett TFE 731-3-1H
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Sparta, TN - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Rocky Mount, NC (RWI
Destination airport:	Sparta, TN (KSRB)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
TEN MINUTES PRIOR TO LANDING HEAVY RAIN FELL ON AIRPORT.ACFT MAD NORMAL TOUCHDOWN,SPOILERS & LIFT DUMP ACTIVATED.PIC DELAYED BRAKE APPLICATION AS USUAL AND DID NOT GET THRUST LEVERS IN IDLE.AFTER ACFT PASSED MID-FIELD TAXIWAY PIC REPORTED BRAKES BECAME INEFFECTIVE.ACFT HYDROPLANED ON WATER-COVERED RUNWAY AND OVERRAN DEPARTURE END,DOWN AND EMBANKMENT, & HIT A DITCH.RUNWAY HAD AN OFF CENTER CROWN, GRASS WAS ABOUT TWO FEET TALL AT RUNWAY EDGE, AND A DAM HAD FORMED FROM PREVIOUSLY CUT GRASS WHICH PREVENTED WATER DRAINAGE.AIRPORT MANAGER SAID HE WAS NOT AWARE WATER WOULD STAND ON RUNWAY.

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