- Date
- April 17, 1984, 15:53 local (20:53 UTC)
- Place
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 19 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2969Grumman G-73T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31037
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After 2 unsuccessful attempts to 'ramp' the acft, plt took off again and flew to Ft. Lauderdale. Fly-by disclosed no nose landing wheel was present. Plt made landing on hard surface rwy. Metallurgical examination disclosed, nose gear strut assembly failed due to an overstress condition. Both plts stated a loud noise was heard during the 1st attempted ramping as if the gear was not extended or it had collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2969
- Reported as
- Grumman G-73T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- J-27
- Airframe hours
- 10,873
- Engine
- P&W PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Chalk'S Int'L Airline, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Chalk'S Int'L Airline Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- X44 · Watson Island, FL
- Destination
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, runway 27, 5,316 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,300 total · 3,300 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N2969 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.