Accident · 2006-06-02
What the record says
- Event date
- 2006-06-02
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Fatal injury
- Aircraft
- Gates Learjet 35A (N182K)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- International Jet Charter, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- International Jet Charter, Inc.
Probable cause
The crew's failure to properly monitor the airplane's altitude, which resulted in the captain's inadvertent descent of the airplane into water. Contributing to the accident were the foggy weather conditions, and the captain's decision to descend below the decision height without sufficient visual cues.
Source: NTSB case NYC06FA137Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.