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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Aircraft Crashes Record Office |
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Bureau d'Archives des Accidents Aéronautiques |
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Accident description |
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Date & Time |
19DEC2005 at 1439LT |
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Type of Aircraft |
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Operator |
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Registration |
N2969 |
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Location |
Off Miami Beach |
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Flight number |
OP101 | ||
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Schedule |
Miami - Bimini |
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Construction number |
J-27 |
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Year of manufacture |
1947 |
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Crew on board |
2 |
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Pax on board |
18 |
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Crew fatalities |
2 |
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Pax fatalities |
18 |
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Other fatalities |
0 |
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Total fatalities |
20 |
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Circumstances |
Few minutes after takeoff from Miami hydrobase, the amphibian aircraft plunged into the sea few hundred metres off shore. It seems that an explosion occurred inflight and that the aircraft lost right wing. All occupants were killed. This accident is the worse involving a Grumman G-73 Turbo Mallard. |
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