# Accident 19760410010669A: Gruman G21A, Avalon, CA, April 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1976
- Place: Avalon, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18CS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18CS-1976-06-16) (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: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,517 total, 1,376 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760410010669A

## Narrative

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

L ENG LOST PWR.DIDNT FEATH PROP.UN MAINTAIN ALT, LND CROSS SWELL.L FLOAT SEP.ACFT SANK IN OCEAN.

## 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 LAX76AL068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL068), Apr 10, 1976: Grumman G-21A (N18CS), Avalon, CA, destroyed

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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