# Incident 20140424005089I: Grumman G-73, Bridgeport, CT, April 24, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2014, 16:40 local time
- Place: Bridgeport, CT
- Airport: Sikorsky Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2473° N, 73.0978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIKORSKY (JSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2473&lon=-73.0978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98BS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98BS) (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: GRUMMAN G-73
- Reported engine: RECIPROCATING - 9CYL PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140424005089I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24,2014, @ 1640 EDT, N98BS, A GRUMMAN G-73 - MALLARD OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS LANDING AT SIKORSKY MEMORIAL AIRPORT BRIDGEPORT CT (BDR) IN GUSTING WINDS (40 MPH+) PILOT STATES HE UNKNOWNINGLY CONTACTED THE LEFT WING FLOAT (SPONSON) UPON LANDING ON RUNWAY 29.  THE LEFT  STRUT AND STABILIZING FLOAT ASSEMBLY SHEARED/SEPARATED FROM THE WING ATTACHMENT AFTER CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY ASPHALT .

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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