- Date
- December 13, 1977
- Place
- Miami Lakes, FL · MIAMI LAKES, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23DFGrumman G-21
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771213042059A
- Case key
- 143836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4038 77/12/13 MIAMI LAKES,FL GRUMMAN G-21 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1315 N23DF PX- 0 1 0 DEMONSTRATION 29, 4985 TOTAL HOURS, 935 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI LAKES,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INATTENTIVE TO FUEL SUPPLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 70GALS R TANK,L TANK EMPTY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23DF
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Opa Locka
N23DFRegistration cancelled Nov 16, 2016 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.