# Incident 19780902016989I: Gruman G21A, Roadtown, U.S. Virgin Islands, September 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1978, 13:45 local time
- Place: Roadtown, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Airport: Tortola
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Aircraft: N79901, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79901-1985-11-13) (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: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,685 total, 5,500 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/19780902016989I

## Narrative

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

SEAPLANE FLOAT BROKE OFF DURING LANDING. PILOT ALLOWED FLOAT TO SUBMERGE AT HIGH SPEED.

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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