- Date
- February 24, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Groton, CT
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N15STLockheed 382G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840224020419I
- Case key
- 35441
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water collision with object
Light condition - duskFactor
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
After landing on rwy 33, and during taxi to the ramp, the lt wing tip of the acft struck a parked DC-3.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15ST
- Reported as
- Lockheed 382G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4391
- Airframe hours
- 39,909
- Engine
- Allison 501-D22A, 4,350 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Trans America Airline, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · February 11, 1984 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- NAS · Nassau, OF
- Destination
- GON · Groton, CT
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Trumbull
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,490 total · 123 in this make and model · 1,518 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GON
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N15ST · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.