# Incident 19851204068709I: Grumav G21A, Cold Bay, AK, December 4, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1985, 15:37 local time
- Place: Cold Bay, AK
- Airport: Cold Bay
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 55.2059° N, 162.7262° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLD BAY (CDB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.2059&lon=-162.7262&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N641-2013-08-07) (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: GRUMAV G21A
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851204068709I

## Narrative

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

DAMAGE TO WINGTIP FLOAT OF AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING. GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. WORN GEAR BOX ASSEMBLY FAILED

## Other reports on N641 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910802039529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910802039529I), Aug 2, 1991: Grumav G21A (N641), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on landing. Shear pin had sheared causing gear collapse.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.