- Date
- November 5, 1984, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Groton, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N62561Beech BE-55E
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841105075259A
- Case key
- 35644
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Unsafe/hazardous condition warning - issued
Go-around - not performedFactor
Object - bird(s)Cause
Analysis
As the acft broke out of the 300 overcast layer the plt saw birds flying off of the rwy threshold. Due to IFR conditions and low altitude the plt elected not to go around. The tower advised the plt of the birds on 2 mile final on the ILS apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62561
- Reported as
- Beech BE-55E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TE1198
- Airframe hours
- 120
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-6B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Piping Specialties, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GON · Groton, runway 5, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,033 total · 451 in this make and model · 3,033 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.