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Incident

FAA incident report · Gruman G-21A · Long Beach, CA · December 23, 1978

Date: December 23, 1978 · 12:35 local
Place: Long Beach, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N322
Reported as: Gruman G21A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 25,000 total6,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N322Registration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Grumman G-21AS/N B73 · Built 1941 Airframe modelGrumman G-21A Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

One engine quit, then the other. Pilot changed tanks, started one, continued. Fuel on/off valve installed wrong.

As the FAA filed it

ONE ENGINE QUIT, THEN THE OTHER. PILOT CHANGED TANKS, STARTED ONE, CONTINUED. FUEL ON/OFF VALVE INSTALLED WRONG.

Other reports on N322 · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19870706031969AFcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise · Big Spring, TXFuel imbalance prior to total fuel exhaustion. Landed wheel up and nosed over. Fuel gauges difficult to read.Jul 6, 1987 · Substantial damage Incident 19840910058369IDescent · Niwot, COResidence roof and vehicle damaged by a large piece of blue ice. Beleived to be from a leaky aircraft waste system.Sep 10, 1984 · Minor damage