# Incident 20000611035039I: Gulstm G73, Watson Island, FL, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 11:30 local time
- Place: Watson Island, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FVYA
- Aircraft: N142PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N142PA-2010-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-73T (registry code 3951902, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A-34 (registry code 61534, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-34) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM G73
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A34
- People aboard: 17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,533 total, 890 in this make and model, 265 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00IA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00IA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611035039I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JUNE 11, 2000, AT 1130 AM, A GRUMMAN G73T, N142PA LANDED AT WATSON ISLAND. AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS WATER TAXING, THE PILOT APPLIED REARWARD MOVEMENT TO THE CONTROL YOKE AND FOUND THAT THE YOKE HAD SPERATED AT THE "Y" JOINT OF THE CONTROL YOKE ON THE CAPTAIN'S SIDE. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS AND PASSENGERS.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM BIMINI, BAHAMAS.                                                          (.4) ON JUNE 11, 2000, ABOUT 1130 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A GRUMMAN G-73T, N142PA, OPERATED BY CHALKS AIRLINES INC., HAD THE CAPTAIN'S SIDE CONTROL YOKE SEPARATE WHILE WATER TAXIING AT WATSON ISLAND, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 121 SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE TWO AIRLINE TRANSPORT-RATED PILOTS, AND 15 PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM BIMINI, BAHAMAS, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME.  AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT STAYED ON THE STEP, AND WATER TAXIED. THE PILOT HAD THE CONTROL YOKE UP TO HIS CHEST, AND THE CAPTAIN'S SIDE CONTROL SEPARATED FROM THE VERTICAL COLUMN.  THE SURFACE CONTROL COLUMN ASSEMBLY, FITT ING P/N 112703 WAS SENT TO THE NTSB MATERIALS LABORATORY, WASHINGTON, D. C., FOR EXAMINATION. ACCORDING TO THE LABORATORY REPORT, THE ASSEMBLY WAS FRACTURED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE STEM AND COLLAR PORTION, WITH FOUR SEPARATE FRACTURE REGIONS CREATED. ACCORDING TO THE NTSB MATERIALS LABORATORY FACTUAL REPORT, "...VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACE...SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING FRACTURE AREAS ON ANY OF THE FOUR FRACTURE REGIONS. ALL FRACTURES WERE TYPICAL OF OVERSTRESS SEPARATIONS."

## 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 MIA00IA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00IA186), Jun 11, 2000: Grumman G-73T (N142PA), Watson Island, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the overload separations of the control yoke on the captain's side.

## Other reports on N142PA (2)

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

- [Incident 20050422008279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050422008279I), Apr 22, 2005: Gulstm G73 (N142PA), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Flight was conducting an operational flight after control surface maintenance. Operational flight completed with no problems. Upon returning to fll gear…
- [Incident 20010522012019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010522012019I), May 22, 2001: Gulstm G73 (N142PA), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. (.4) On may 22, 2001, at about 1746 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G-73, N142PA, registered to seaplane leasing ii LLC, operated by flying boat inc, doing…

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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