- Date
- December 14, 1977
- Place
- Groton, CT · GROTON, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N971HLearjet 35
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771214040879A
- Case key
- 144376
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3227 77/12/14 GROTON,CT LEARJET 35 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1934 N971H PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 30, 5400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUMBULL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY GROTON,CT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N971H
- Reported as
- Learjet 35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Trumbull Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.