# Accident 19800720040909A: Gruman G21A, Juneau, AK, July 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1980, 08:10 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: SESA
- Location: 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Juneau, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3019&lon=-134.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9750Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9750Z) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,494 total, 81 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800720040909A

## Narrative

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

ENCOUNTERED FOG BANK AFTER VFR DEPARTURE. MADE HARD WATER LANDING, BEACHED AMPHIBIAN. IMPACT BENT WINGS AND HULL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC80DA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA069), Jul 20, 1980: Grumman G-21A (N9750Z), Juneau, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9750Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19800708060079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708060079I), Jul 8, 1980: Gruman G21A (N9750Z), Juneau, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing from parking, aircraft struck the wing of a parked airplane.

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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