# NTSB MIA87WA225: Grumman G-73-T, N2969, Bimini, Bahamas, August 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 14, 1987, 14:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Bimini, Bahamas
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 19 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31981
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87WA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31981/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87WA225

## 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-73-T
- 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: 14865
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Chalk'S Intl. Airline Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, August 8, 1987, 30 hours before
- Departed: MYNN, NASSAU, OF
- Destination: MYBS, BIMINI, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 91 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MYNN, 28 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19870814062149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870814062149I), Aug 14, 1987: Gulstm G73, Bimini, FL. Forced landing on open sea after pilots mismanaged the fuel system. Attempted to feed both engines from right tank.

## 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 MIA84IA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA147), Apr 17, 1984: Grumman G-73T (N2969), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, incident, minor 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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