# Incident 20200423002639I: Gates Learjet Corp 55, Belmar, NJ, April 23, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2020, 01:33 local time
- Place: Belmar, NJ
- Airport: Monmouth Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AP7J
- Location: 40.1868° N, 74.1246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONMOUTH EXEC (BLM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1868&lon=-74.1246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N855PT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N855PT-2024-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 55 (registry code 5170702, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GATES LEARJET CORP 55
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TFE731
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200423002639I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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