# Accident 20040319003279A: Lear 35A, Utica, NY, March 19, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2004, 06:44 local time
- Place: Utica, NY
- Airport: Oneida County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 43.1450° N, 75.3839° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1450&lon=-75.3839&mi=10
- Aircraft: N800AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N800AW-2006-05-17) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,903 total, 2,036 in this make and model, 229 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC04LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319003279A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 19, 2004, ABOUT 0645 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A GATES LEARJET 35A, N800AW, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHILE LANDING AT ONEIDA COUNTY AIRPORT (UCA), UTICA, NEW YORK. THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COLUMBUS, OHIO. AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE AIR TAXI CARGO FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 135. THE COPILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS THE PILOT FLYING THE AIRPLANE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE COPILOT UTILIZED THE ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33, WHICH WAS 6,002 FEET LONG AND 150 FEET WIDE. THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH DURING THE APPROACH, AND THE COPILOT DECREASED ENGINE POWER. THE SINK RATE THEN BECAME "TOO GREAT", AND THE FLIGHTCREW INITIATED A GO-AROUND. HOWEVER, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD ON THE RUNWAY BEFORE THE ENGINES COULD SPOOL UP. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY CAME TO REST IN THE SNOW ABOUT 20 FEET OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, NEAR MID-FIELD. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND BOTH WINGS. THE COPILOT ADDED THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WITH THE AIRPLANE. THE REPORTED WEATHER AT UCA, WAS 0656, WAS: WIND FROM 060 DEGREES AT 3 KNOTS; VISIBILITY 9 MILES; CEILING 200 FEET OVERCAST; TEMPERATURE 19 DEGREES F; DEW POINT 18 DEGREES F; ALTIMETER 30.26 INCHES HG. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## 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 NYC04LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04LA088), Mar 19, 2004: Gates Learjet 35A (N800AW), Utica, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The copilot's failure to maintain airspeed, and the captain's delayed remedial action, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and the subsequent hard landing.

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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