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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gulstm G73 · Miami, FL · March 21, 1989

Date
March 21, 1989 · 10:30 local
Place
Miami, FL
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CICA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51151
Reported as
Gulstm G73
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,730 total1,500 in this make and model230 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.

Left gear collapsed while taxiing down ramp for water takeoff. A frame strut damaging float and gear.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING DOWN RAMP FOR WATER TAKEOFF. A FRAME STRUT DAMAGING FLOAT AND GEAR.