- Date
- June 18, 1971
- Place
- Culebra Island, PR · CULEBRA ISLAND, PR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 5 serious, 4 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N703AGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1012 71/6/18 NR.CULEBRA ISLAND,PR GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1605 N703A PX- 2 4 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 45, 5582 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,VI FAJARDO,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LND IN OCEAN. WAVE CAUGHT FLOAT,ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N703A
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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