# Accident 19740507013739A: Gruman G21A, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, May 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1974
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 18.3533° N, 64.9365° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saint Thomas, VI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3533&lon=-64.9365&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1048V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1048V-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-21A (registry code 3951204, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN G21A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,426 total, 675 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740507013739A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LARGE SWELL ENCOUNTERED FOLLOWING LANDING WHILE TAXIING ON THE STEP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 MIA74AM091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM091), May 7, 1974: Grumman G-21A (N1048V), St Thomas, VI, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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