Grumman G-21A accident near Lauderdale Lake, FL
On March 25, 1999, a Grumman G-21A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lauderdale Lake, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 25, 1999
- Place
- Lauderdale Lake, FL
- Aircraft
- Grumman G-21A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 26.189°N, 80.169°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00358
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 25, 1999, about 1139 eastern daylight time, a Grumman G-21A, N5548A, registered to Tropic Bird Holdings Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 135 competency flight, experienced a reported loss of left engine power, and crashed into a canal about 2 miles south of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE), Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The airline transport pilot was fatally injured. The airline transport pilot FAA inspector sustained serious injuries. The flight originated from Watson Island International, Miami, Florida, about 10 minutes before the accident. The competency flight initially originated originated from FXE, at 0949. Review of radio transcriptions between Fort Lauderdale Executive Air Traffic Control Tower (FXE) and N5548A, revealed that N5548A initially contacted the tower at 1136:33, with the ATIS information. At 1138:06, N5548A informed the tower that he was 3 miles south for landing. The controller asked N5548A to state type of airplane. N5548A replied, "standby sir standby." At 1138:36, N5548A replied, "five five four eight alpha we'd like to declare an emergency sir ah we're two miles south." The controller informed N5548A to enter right base runway eight, cleared him to land and asked the nature of the emergency at 1138:44. N5548A replied, "ok we have a bad engine on the left side sir." The controller cleared N5548A to land again and provided the winds. There was no other recorded communication with N5548A. The FAA inspector stated in an i
Probable cause
The pilots failure to correctly identify an in-flight emergency (fluctuating manifold pressure and rpm due to a disconnected spark plug lead / unscrewed ignition lead shroud) and failure to complete the engine shutdown procedure once it was initiated (propeller not feathered). This resulted in a forced landing and subsequent in-flight collision with a tree, dirt bank and canal. Contributing to the
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
