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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Lear 35A · Groton - New Lo, CT · August 4, 2003

Date
August 4, 2003 · 06:39 local
Place
Groton - New Lo, CT
Airport
Groton-New London
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
RM6A
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N135PT
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC03FA173
Reported as
Lear 35A
Reported engine
Garrett TFE731*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
4,300 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Initial indications are that the aircraft stalled in a high angle of bank/slow speed turn to final. Investigation continues.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INITIAL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IN A HIGH ANGLE OF BANK/SLOW SPEED TURN TO FINAL. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.