Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A accident near Reno, Nevada, September 8, 1994
On September 8, 1994 at about 3:05 pm local time, a Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A, registered N311NW, was substantially damaged in an accident near Reno, Nevada (Reno Cannon International airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
the rupture of fuel and hydraulic lines and the fuselage fuel tank, by tire pieces during the tire blow-out sequence.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- September 8, 1994 · about 3:05 pm local time
- Place
- Reno, Nevada · Reno Cannon International · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 4 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Hawker Siddeley HS-125-700A HS-125-700
- Registration
- N311NW · no longer on the register · serial NA0311
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE CAPTAIN SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEAR V1/VR IN THE TAKEOFF GROUND ROLL WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A VIBRATION IN THE AIRFRAME. A SECOND LOUD BANG WAS THEN HEARD AS THE CAPTAIN ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE OCCUPANTS EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT CAME TO A STOP ON A TAXIWAY. A FIRE WAS OBSERVED ON THE RIGHT WHEELS AND IN THE WHEEL WELL. AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. INSPECTION REVEALED THAT BOTH RIGHT MAIN GEAR TIRES HAD BLOWN OUT DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. THE GROUND FIRE WAS FOUND TO HAVE SPREAD FROM THE WHEEL WELL INTO THE LEFT WING ROOT AREA. AN FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED THAT THE HYDRAULIC AND FUEL LINES ROUTED THROUGH THE RIGHT WHEEL WELL AREA WERE SEVERED. THE FUSELAGE FUEL TANK WAS FOUND PUNCTURED. THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM USES MIL 5606 FLUID. THE AREA OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE INITIAL TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED IS NEAR AN AREA OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE AIRPORT TAXIWAYS. THE DEBRIS FROM THE RUNWAY WAS GATHERED UP BY AIRPORT PERSONNEL AND DISPOSED OF PRIOR TO EXAMINATION BY FAA INSPECTORS.
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
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 8,250 hours in all; 324 in this make and model; 80 in the last 90 days; 24 in the last 30 days; 7,669 as pilot in command; 1,172 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,319 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, May 20, 1994; 81 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 25,500 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TFE 731-3R-1H (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Fire on the ground
- Operator: Navellier Management, INC.
The flight
- Departed from: RNO at 4:05 pm
- Destination: SDL Scottsdale AZ
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 16L, 9,000 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 66°F (19°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:56 pm from RNO
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
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