Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 800XP accident near Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 20, 2025
On January 20, 2025 at about 4:45 pm local time, a 2004 Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 800XP, registered N6NR, was substantially damaged in an accident during approach near Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold- airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The failure of the nose landing gear to extend for undetermined reasons.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 20, 2025 · about 4:45 pm local time
- Place
- Minneapolis, Minnesota · Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold- · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 6 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Raytheon Aircraft Company HAWKER 800XP, built 2004 · all HAWKER 800XPs on the register
- Registration
- N6NR · registry record · serial 258701
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
After a cross-country flight, the flight crew configured the airplane for landing, but the nose landing gear did not extend. The flight crew attempted to trouble shoot the problem by cycling the landing gear several times, with no results. The flight crew also tried to lower the nose landing gear with the hydraulic hand pump, but that was not successful. The flight crew went through the pre-landing checklist one more time, but the nose landing gear still did not come down. After trying unsuccessfully to extend the nose landing gear, the flight crew decided to perform a landing with the nose landing gear still retracted and the main landing gear extended. The airplane touched down on the runway and a section of the fuselage just above the retracted nose landing gear sustained substantial damage. The pilot mentioned in his statement that the nose landing gear doors might have been frozen shut because the flight originated from an area of high moisture, and the landing gear was lowered in an area of very cold temperatures. This could not be proven and the manufacturer stated that they did not have any previous reports of the nose landing gear doors freezing shut with this model of airplane. After the accident, the landing gear was tested using both the handpump and low and high hydraulic pressure in the airplane systems. All landing gear extended and retracted normally and provided the appropriate landing gear configuration indications on the instrument panel. There were no mechanical anomalies with the landing gear system that would have precluded normal operations.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power) during approach defining event
- Landing gear not configured during landing
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Aircraft systems › Landing gear system › (general) › Malfunction
- Not determined › Not determined › (general) › (general) › Unknown/Not determined
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: glider; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 14,211 hours in all; 57 in this make and model; 103 in the last 90 days; 54 in the last 30 days; 13,354 as pilot in command; 2,650 on instruments
- Last flight review: September 5, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
Co-pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 3,026 hours in all; 56 in this make and model; 64 in the last 90 days; 43 in the last 30 days
- Last flight review: September 30, 2024
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: rgt
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Last inspection: annual inspection, September 30, 2024; 4,949 hours since
- Seats: 11
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Honeywell TFE-731-SER (turbofan); 4,819 hours total
- Engine 2: Honeywell TFE-731-SER (turbofan); 4,863 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: FXE Fort Lauderdale FL
- Destination: FCM Flying Cloud MN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 12R/, 10,000 ft by 200 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 2,200 ft; clear
- Temperature: -9°F (-23°C), dew point -18°F (-28°C)
- Altimeter: 30.51 inHg
- Observation at 10:53 am from KMSP
Weather report (METAR): KMSP 201653Z 31008KT 7SM -SN BKN022 M23/M28 A3051 RMK AO2 SNB03 SLP362 P0000 T12281278
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 4 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
5 documents, released by the NTSB on March 6, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NTSB Form 6120 Pilot Operator Report CEN25LA083 | PDF, 9 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Pilot Statement CEN25LA083 | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 3 | Memorandum for the Record Landing Gear Examinations CEN25LA083 | PDF, 2 pages | View Download |
| 4 | Memorandum for the Record Nose Landing Gear Door Issues CEN25LA083 | PDF, 1 page | View Download |
| 5 | Investigation Photographs CEN25LA083 | PDF, 3 pages | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN25LA083.