# NTSB MIA02WA063: Grumman G-73T, N130FB, Paradise Island, Bahamas, February 16, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 16, 2002, 13:10 local (18:10 UTC)
- Place: Paradise Island, Bahamas
- Coordinates: 25.083333, -77.316665
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0833&lon=-77.3167&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 54240
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA02WA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54240/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02WA063

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N130FB](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N130FB), registered now, S/N J-30, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Grumman G-73T
- Registry model: [Grumman G-73](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73) (registry code 3951802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R1340 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r1340-series) (registry code 52016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Flying Boat Inc, doing business as Chalk's Ocean Airlines
- Departed: KFLL, Fort Lauderdale
- Destination: MYPI, Paradise Island
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.15 inHg
- Observed at: KNAS

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.

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