20200423002639I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gates Learjet 55 · Belmar, NJ · April 23, 2020

Date
April 23, 2020 · 01:33 local
Place
Belmar, NJ
Airport
Monmouth Executive
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
AP7J
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N855PT
Reported as
Gates Learjet 55
Reported engine
Honeywell TFE731
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
16,000 total7,000 in this make and model98 in the last 90 days

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.

On 04/23/20, N855PT, lear 55, departed from republic airport, NY (kfrg) at approximately 01:15AM local time en route to Monmouth Executive Airport, NJ (kblm). VFR conditions were reported. At approximately 01:34 local time, approximately 1000 feet prior to landing at kblm airport on runway 32, aircraft hit the top of the trees. No injuries were reported and aircraft sustained minor damage to several different parts of the aircraft including both sides of leading edge of the wings, landing gear area, flaps and belly of the aircraft. Flight crew were the only two sob. Pilot in command was pilot monitoring and second in command was pilot flying. Pilots reported they were on visual approach to runway 32 and used non precision GPS (RNAV) 32 approach as a backup. No visual approach indicator lights such as PAPI or VASI are installed on runway 32. Flight was operated under 14 CFR part 91 rules as a reposition flight with the intention to pick up passengers from kblm airport.

As the FAA filed it

ON 04/23/20, N855PT, LEAR 55, DEPARTED FROM REPUBLIC AIRPORT, NY (KFRG) AT APPROXIMATELY 01:15AM LOCAL TIME EN ROUTE TO MONMOUTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, NJ (KBLM). VFR CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED. AT APPROXIMATELY 01:34 LOCAL TIME, APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET PRIOR TO LANDING AT KBLM AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 32, AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING BOTH SIDES OF LEADING EDGE OF THE WINGS, LANDING GEAR AREA, FLAPS AND BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. FLIGHT CREW WERE THE ONLY TWO SOB. PILOT IN COMMAND WAS PILOT MONITORING AND SECOND IN COMMAND WAS PILOT FLYING. PILOTS REPORTED THEY WERE ON VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32 AND USED NON PRECISION GPS (RNAV) 32 APPROACH AS A BACKUP. NO VISUAL APPROACH INDICATOR LIGHTS SUCH AS PAPI OR VASI ARE INSTALLED ON RUNWAY 32. FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 RULES AS A REPOSITION FLIGHT WITH THE INTENTION TO PICK UP PASSENGERS FROM KBLM AIRPORT.