- Date
- January 12, 1973
- Place
- Fredericksted, VI (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8777AGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730112000869A
- Case key
- 169666
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0350 73/1/12 NR.FREDERICKSTED,VI GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 10096 TIME - 1316 N8777A PX- 0 0 4 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1158 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.CROIX,VI FAJARDO,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- L FUEL SUMP VALVE NOT OPENED AND SAFETIED.PREVENTED USE OF L TANK FUEL.R GAUGE INOP.DIDNT CK FUEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8777A
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8777ARegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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