- Date
- December 26, 1974
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7306Grumman G-73
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741226043639A
- Case key
- 142931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3845 74/12/26 MIAMI,FLA GRUMMAN G-73 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1350 N7306 PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 53, 23541 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I 420 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHALKS SEAPLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIMINI,BAHAMAS MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN COPILOT - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER COPILOT - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRECTING LENSES-NOT USED REMARKS- HIT WAKE OF BOAT,PORPOISED.PIC UN CORRECT SITUATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7306
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chalks Seaplane
N7306Registration cancelled May 21, 2015 · Grumman G-73Airframe modelGrumman G-73Engine modelPratt & Whitney R1340 series
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Other investigations on N7306 · 1
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