# Accident 20170515023049A: Gates Learjet Corp. 35A, Teterboro, NJ, May 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2017, 15:32 local time
- Place: Teterboro, NJ
- Airport: Teterboro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 1QUA
- Location: 40.8294° N, 74.0603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8294&lon=-74.0603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N452DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N452DA-2018-03-23) (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: GATES LEARJET CORP. 35A
- Reported engine: GARRETT TFE 731 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17MA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17MA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170515023049A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 15TH, 2017 ABOUT 1530 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A GATES LEARJET 35A, N452DA, OPERATED BY TRANS-PACIFIC  JETS, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN WHILE ON APPROACH. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND COMMERCIAL PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED. DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (PHL), PHILADELPHIA, PA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR TETERBORO AIRPORT (TEB), TETERBORO, NJ. THE POSITIONING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

## 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 CEN17MA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17MA183), May 15, 2017: Learjet 35A (N452DA), Teterboro, NJ, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's (PIC) attempt to salvage an unstabilized visual approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the PIC's decision to allow…

## Other reports on N452DA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20100704036519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100704036519I), Jul 4, 2010: Gates Learj 35A (N452DA), Omaha, NE, No damage. Aircraft accelerated for takeoff and ingested a bird in the no. 2 engine. Pilot immediately aborted the takeoff and stopped the aircraft with sufficient 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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