# NTSB MIA84IA147: Grumman G-73T, N2969, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 17, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: April 17, 1984, 15:53 local (20:53 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.090084, -80.149795 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0901&lon=-80.1498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 19 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31037
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA147
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31037/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA147

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, taxi
  - object - submerged object (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose gear collapsed, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2969-2011-01-10), registration cancelled 2011-01-10, S/N J-27, built 1947 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-73T
- Registry model: [Grumman G-73](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-73) (registry code 3951802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney W-S1H&S3H](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-w-s1h-s3h) (registry code 52012, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: J-27
- Airframe hours: 10873
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA06MA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA06MA010), Dec 19, 2005: Grumman G-73T (N2969), Miami, FL, destroyed, 20 fatal. Probable cause: The in-flight failure and separation of the right wing during normal flight, which resulted from (1) the failure of the Chalk's Ocean Airways maintenance program to identify and properly repair…
- [NTSB MIA87WA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87WA225), Aug 14, 1987: Grumman G-73-T (N2969), Bimini, Bahamas, incident, no damage
- [NTSB MIA84IA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA077), Feb 10, 1984: Grumman G-73 (N2969), West Palm Beach, FL, incident, no damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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