# Accident 19730507015399A: Gruman G73, Miami, FL, May 7, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1973
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Chalk Seaplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7306, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7306-2015-05-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-73 (registry code 3951802, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R1340 series (registry code 52016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN G73
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73FKT94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT94) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730507015399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AMPHIBIAN.LNDD AT PVT SEAPLANE BASE,MANUALLY EXTNDD GR TO RAMP TAXI.GR INDCR INOP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73FKT94](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73FKT94), May 7, 1973: Grumman G-73 (N7306), Miami, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7306 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19741226043639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741226043639A), Dec 26, 1974: Gruman G73 (N7306), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Hit wake of boat,porpoised.PIC un correct situation.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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