# NTSB NYC84IA091: Lockheed 382G, N15ST, Groton, CT, February 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 24, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Groton, CT
- Location: 41.3249° N, 72.0669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Groton, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3249&lon=-72.0669&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35441
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84IA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35441/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84IA091

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - object - aircraft parked/standing (contributing factor)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15ST-1989-01-04), registration cancelled 1989-01-04, S/N 4391 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 382G
- Registry model: [Lockheed 382G](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-382g) (registry code 526414U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4391
- Airframe hours: 39909
- Engines: ALLISON 501-D22A 4350 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19840224020419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840224020419I), Feb 24, 1984: Lkheed C130B, Croton, CT, Minor damage. Left wing struck the nose of a parked DC3 while taxing to ramp. Taxiway too narrow for large aircraft.

## Other investigations on N15ST (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA87AA002](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA87AA002), Oct 4, 1986: Lockheed 382G (N15ST), Kelly Afb, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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