# Incident 20030817020429I: Lear 25, Groton - New Lo, CT, August 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2003, 13:40 local time
- Place: Groton - New Lo, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VLLA
- Location: 41.3301° N, 72.0451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GROTON-NEW LONDON (GON), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3301&lon=-72.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25FM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25FM-2018-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Lear Jet 25 (registry code 5170509, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-lear-jet-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 25
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030817020429I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 05, AT APPROXIMATELY 125KTS AT 2500FT (RUNWAY MID POINT) AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL SEA GULLS AT VI. AIRCRAFT YAWED RIGHT. PIC ABORTED TAKEOFF USING HEAVY BRAKING. T/R'S AND SPOILERS DEPLOYED. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 125FT OFF RUNWAY.

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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