# Accident 20060602021799A: Lear 35A, Groton - New L, CT, June 2, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2006, 14:40 local time
- Place: Groton - New L, CT
- Airport: Groton-New London
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: UIJA
- Location: 41.3206° N, 72.0522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3206&lon=-72.0522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N182K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N182K-2006-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 35A (registry code 5170602, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-35a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TFE731 series (registry code 01518, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tfe731-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 35A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE731*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 17,509 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060602021799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEAR JET N182K WAS CONDUCTING AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AT GROTON-NEW LONDON AIRPORT (GON) AND HIT THE SEQUENTIAL APPROACH LIGHTS SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD OF THE RUNWAY. BOTH PILOTS RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THREE PASSENGERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN ABOUT 4' OF WATER. PASSENGERS EVACUATED THEMSELVES THRU THE AFT EMERGENCY HATCH.

## 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 NYC06FA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06FA137), Jun 2, 2006: Gates Learjet 35A (N182K), Groton, CT, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The crew's failure to properly monitor the airplane's altitude, which resulted in the captain's inadvertent descent of the airplane into water. Contributing to the accident were the foggy weather…

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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