Chalk 's Ocean Airways purchased Mallard N1208 from the Fruehauf Corporation and later acquired several other examples of the aircraft . The type received much attention after a Turbo Mallard , operating as Chalk 's Ocean Airways Flight 101 , crashed after takeoff from Miami Harbor on 19 December 2005 bound for Bimini , Bahamas . Eighteen passengers and two crew perished when the right wing separated from the fuselage of the 58-year-old aircraft . The cause of the accident was determined by the subsequent investigation to be undetected cracks and/or corrosion in the wing spar
Chalk 's Ocean Airways Flight 101
Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101
Grumman G-73 Mallard