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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gruman G73 · Nassau, Bahamas · November 6, 1980

Date
November 6, 1980 · 11:03 local
Place
Nassau, Bahamas
Airport
Harbor
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CICA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2970
Reported as
Gruman G73
People aboard
13
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
21,000 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing for takeoff in water one engine quit, aircraft drifted into piling.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF IN WATER ONE ENGINE QUIT, AIRCRAFT DRIFTED INTO PILING.