# Accident 20020617016019A: Lear 35A, Oxford, CT, June 17, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Airport: Waterbury-Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: FVMA
- Location: 41.4783° N, 73.1350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4783&lon=-73.1350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N989AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N989AL-2023-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Garrett TFE731 series (registry code 29001, https://openairdocs.org/engine/garrett-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE73122B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02IA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02IA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020617016019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE FLIGHT'S PURPOSE WAS TO TRAIN A NEW PILOT IN THE LEAR 35A FOR A PART 135 AIR CARRIER. UPON LANDING, THE PILOT DEPLOYED THRUST-REVERSERS. THE COMPANY INSTRUCTOR DIRECTED THAT A TOUCH AND GO BE INITIATED. THE THRUST-REVERSERS HAD NOT FULLY STOWED WHEN THE PILOT BROUGHT THE ENGINES UP TO TAKE OFF POWER. A THRUST DIFFERENTIAL CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXIT THE R/W INTO THE GRASS CAUSING DAMAGE.

## 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 NYC02IA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02IA118), Jun 17, 2002: Learjet 35A (N989AL), Oxford, CT, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the commercial pilot during a touch and go landing, including his failure to properly brief the commercial to not use reverse thrust during a touch…

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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