- Date
- February 1, 1982, 00:45 local (05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Groton, CT
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N451CBeech 99
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820201002109A
- Case key
- 70918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After crossing the mondi intersection inbound for an ILS rwy 5 apch, the captain felt that a proper descent was not possible due to a strong tailwind & their present altitude. They turned & proceeded outbound to loose altitude. The crewthen established themselves again on the inbound course at an airspeed of approximately 120K. The copilot reported that around 300 ft "the bottom dropped out." The acft crashed onto the surface of a frozen cove & slid onto marshy terrain & stopped about 500 ft short of the rwy. A NTSB weather summary shows that the following wind regimes existed when the acft made its approach: 5000 to 24000 ft asl, wind 220/50; 2400 to 450 ft asl, wind 180/30; 450 ft asl to surface, wind 100/5. Using the above wind regimes & assuming an approach airspeed of 123K, the following ground speeds were computed: 5000 to 2400 ft asl, 155K; 2400 to 450 ft asl, 147K; 450 ft asl to surface, 118K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N451C
- Reported as
- Beech 99
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U66
- Airframe hours
- 19,188
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-20, 579 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Pilgrim Airlines
- Registered owner
- Pilgrim Airlines
- Departed
- New Haven, CT
- Destination
- FOK · Westhampton, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GON · Groton-New London, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 7,108 total · 400 in this make and model · 6,812 as pilot in command · 272 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- G0N
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.