British Aerospace HS 125-700A accident near Fayetteville, North Carolina, October 19, 1999
On October 19, 1999 at about 5:01 am local time, a British Aerospace HS 125-700A, registered N34GG, was substantially damaged in an accident near Fayetteville, North Carolina (Fayetteville Regional airport). It was a business flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The overstress failure of the lugs of the cylinder head of the left main landing gear jack for undetermined reasons. Also, inability of the flight crew to extend the left main landing gear.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 19, 1999 · about 5:01 am local time · cases in 1999
- Place
- Fayetteville, North Carolina · Fayetteville Regional · cases near this airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- British Aerospace HS 125-700A HS 125-700 · all HS 125-700As on the register
- Registration
- N34GG · no longer on the register · serial 257034
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
Upon entering the traffic pattern at the destination airport, the landing gear was extended using the normal and alternate methods, the left main landing gear did not extend. The flight departed the traffic pattern, orbited the airport an attempts to extend the left main landing gear were unsuccessful. The flight diverted for an airport with Fire Rescue, performed a fly-by, then climbed to altitude where 'G-loading maneuvers were performed to extend the left main landing gear. The gear could not be extended. The airplane was landed with the left main landing gear retracted. Examination of the airplane revealed that the lugs on the cylinder head of the left main landing gear jack were fractured. Metallurgical examination of the fractured lugs of the cylinder head revealed overstress failure; no evidence of progressive (fatigue or stress corrosion) cracking was observed. The cylinder head is a 5,000 cycle life limited component and the failed cylinder head which was installed when the airplane was manufactured, had accumulated 4,751 cycles at the time of failure including the accident landing. The jack attachment and surrounding area required to be inspected every 600 hours, was inspected last 348 hours and 299 cycles earlier; no discrepancies were noted.
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
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: helicopter; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: helicopter
- Flight time: 5,000 hours in all; 500 in this make and model; 200 in the last 90 days; 60 in the last 30 days; 4,800 as pilot in command; 200 on instruments
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 7,552 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, April 21, 1999; 117 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 25,000 lb
- Seats: 10
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Garrett TFE 731 (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: LAS Las Vegas NV
- Destination: SOP Southern Pines NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 4, 7,204 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 54°F (12°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:53 am from FAY
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N34GG: not on the register today · the record of its deregistration
- British Aerospace HS 125 15 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- British Aerospace 133 aircraft on the register
- Engine: Garrett TFE 731 25 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Fayetteville Rgnl/Grannis Field · nearest airport
- Harry Reid International · departed from
- Moore County · bound for
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 since 1982 · 304 in the last ten years
- North Carolina 7,123 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/MIA00LA013.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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