Lockheed 382G incident near Groton, Connecticut, February 24, 1984
On February 24, 1984 at about 10:45 pm local time, a Lockheed 382G, registered N15ST, suffered minor damage in an incident near Groton, Connecticut (Trumbull airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 7 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- February 24, 1984 · about 10:45 pm local time
- Place
- Groton, Connecticut · Trumbull
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 7 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Lockheed 382G · all 382Gs on the register
- Registration
- N15ST · registry record · serial 4391
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AFTER LANDING ON RWY 33, AND DURING TAXI TO THE RAMP, THE LT WING TIP OF THE ACFT STRUCK A PARKED DC-3.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 8,490 hours in all; 123 in this make and model; 1,518 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 39,909 hours
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme, February 11, 1984; 50 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 155,000 lb
- Seats: 3
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Allison 501-D22A (turboprop); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: NAS Nassau OF
- Destination: GON Groton CT
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: dusk
- Wind: from 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 10,000 ft; scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 10:37 pm from GON
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 7 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N15ST the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number NYC84IA091.