Accidents
Low-altitude steep bank preceded Learjet crash
The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut

The NTSB is about a month into its investigation of the fatal crash of a Learjet 35 that was attempting to land at Groton New London Airport in Connecticut. The two ATP-certified pilots, the only people aboard, were killed in the August 4 accident.

According to the Safety Board, Learjet N135PT, operated by Air East Management, took off under an IFR flight plan from Air East’s headquarters at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y., at 6:10 a.m. for the 20-minute positioning flight to pick up three passengers at Groton, with the intention of flying them to Buffalo, remaining there for the day, flying back to Groton and returning to Farmingdale.