20051219032779A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Gulstm G-73 · Miami, FL · December 19, 2005

Date: December 19, 2005 · 14:41 local
Place: Miami, FL
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: FVYA
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N2969
NTSB investigation: NTSBDCA06MA010
Reported as: Gulstm G73
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A34
People aboard: 20
Fatal injuries: 20
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,830 total1,630 in this make and model203 in the last 90 days

N2969Registration cancelled Jan 10, 2011 · Grumman G-73S/N J-27 · Built 1947 Airframe modelGrumman G-73 Engine modelPratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3HReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Inflight separation of right wing after takeoff from water.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) INFLIGHT SEPARATION OF RIGHT WING AFTER TAKEOFF FROM WATER.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB DCA06MA010Accident · 20 fatalClass 1 · MajorFinal reportMiami, FLThe in-flight failure and separation of the right wing during normal flight, which resulted from (1) the failure of the Chalk's Ocean Airways maintenance program to identify and properly repair fatigue cracks in the right wing and (2) the failure of the…Dec 19, 2005 · Destroyed

Other reports on N2969 · 4

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

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