# Incident 19780607044849I: Gruman G21A, St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, June 7, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1978, 14:05 local time
- Place: St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Charlotte Amalie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N48550, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N48550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman G-21A (registry code 3951204, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMAN G21A
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 6,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780607044849I

## Narrative

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

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

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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