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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Gruman G-21A · St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands · June 7, 1978

Date
June 7, 1978 · 14:05 local
Place
St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Airport
Charlotte Amalie
Phase of flight
Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N48550
Reported as
Gruman G21A
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total6,800 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Seaplane taxiing to the ramp after landing collided with small boat which was under power and approached from left.

As the FAA filed it

SEAPLANE TAXIING TO THE RAMP AFTER LANDING COLLIDED WITH SMALL BOAT WHICH WAS UNDER POWER AND APPROACHED FROM LEFT.