Grumman G-73 N26DF

7 April 1980 · St Croix, Virgin Islands, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 7 April 1980 at about 10:08 local time, a Grumman G-73 registered N26DF, operated by Antilles, Inc, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St Croix, Virgin Islands, United States. 15 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 April 1980 at 10:08
Classification: Accident
Location: St Croix, Virgin Islands, United States
Nearest airport: Christiansted
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-73
Registration: N26DF
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Antilles, Inc
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: St Thomas, Vi → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1688

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
15	0	0	2	13

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

HI-PRESS FUEL LINE 3IN FRM HOT ELECT CBL.ARCED AREA APRX WIDTH OF CBL FD CARB HEATH LINKAGE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1688, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 May 1977	Grumman G-73 N7338	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Antilles Air B	No injuries	-
10 Feb 1984	Grumman G-73 N2969	West Palm Beach, Florida, United States	Chalks International Airline	No injuries	-
24 Apr 1985	Grumman G-73-T N632SS	St. Croix no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
26 Nov 1985	Grumman G-73 N51151	Cat Cay, Bahamas no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
12 Jul 1975	Grumman G-73 N3010	Bimini, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Chalks Interna	No injuries	-
26 Dec 1974	Grumman G-73 N7306	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Chalks Intern*	No injuries	-

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