- Date
- March 19, 1966
- Place
- C.Amalie St.Th., VI · C.AMALIE ST.TH., VI
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5548AGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173310
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0362 66/3/19 C.AMALIE ST.TH.VI GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 3100 TIME - 0955 N5548A PX- 0 0 10 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 435 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST THOMAS HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WIND GUST TO 25 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5548A
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Thomas Harbor
N5548ARegistered now · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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