# Accident 19840903054869A: Gulstm 680V, Bridgeport, CT, September 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1984, 20:08 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5183° N, 74.0312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 20 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5183&lon=-74.0312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100CT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM 680V
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC84FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA295) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840903054869A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNCONTROLLED DESCENT INTO WATER WHILE ON APPROACH. PILOT PRESUMED FATAL. FUEL EXHAUSTION, LOST GROUND REFERENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC84FA295](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA295), Sep 4, 1984: Aero Commander 680V (N100CT), Bridgeport, CT, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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