# Accident 19780512040469A: Gulstm JRF2, Port Moller, AK, May 12, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1978
- Place: Port Moller, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 55.9886° N, 160.5769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Moller, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9886&lon=-160.5769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1042, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1042-1983-04-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-21A (registry code 3951204, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GULSTM JRF2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,855 total, 54 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780512040469A

## Narrative

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

LAGOON-OPEN WATER.DURING TKOF RUN L WING FLOAT STAYED IN WATER.33PIC IN TYPE.

## 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 ANC78DA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DA038), May 12, 1978: Grumman G-21A (N1042), Port Moller, AK, 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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