| Date: | Monday 1 February 1982 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 99 Airliner |
| Owner/operator: | Pilgrim Airlines |
| Registration: | N451C |
| MSN: | U- 66 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19188 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Groton, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New Haven-Tweed Airport, CT (HVN/KHVN) |
| Groton-New London Airport, CT (GON/KGON) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After crossing the MONDI intersection inbound for an ILS runway 05 approach, the captain felt that a proper descent was not possible due to a strong tailwind and their present altitude. They turned and proceeded outbound to loose altitude. The crew then established themselves again on the inbound course at an airspeed of approximately 120 knots. Around 300 feet the plane descended rapidly, crashed onto the surface of a frozen cove, slid onto marshy terrain and stopped about 500 feet short of the runway.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
weather condition .. windshear
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
weather condition .. low ceiling
weather condition .. fog
weather condition .. turbulence in clouds
weather condition .. Downdraft
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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