# Incident 19781223021139I: Gruman G21A, Long Beach, CA, December 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1978, 12:35 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N322, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N322-2018-01-18) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 6,000 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/19781223021139I

## Narrative

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

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 19870706031969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706031969A), Jul 6, 1987: Grumav G21A (N322), Big Spring, TX, Substantial damage. Fuel imbalance prior to total fuel exhaustion. Landed wheel up and nosed over. Fuel gauges difficult to read.
- [Incident 19840910058369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840910058369I), Sep 10, 1984: N322, Niwot, CO, Minor damage. Residence roof and vehicle damaged by a large piece of blue ice. Beleived to be from a leaky aircraft waste system.

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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