# Accident 19870706031969A: Grumav G21A, Big Spring, TX, July 6, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1987, 14:20 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0737° N, 101.5643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EDWARDS LUCIAN WELLS RANCH (TX31), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0737&lon=-101.5643&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: GRUMAV G21A
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 72 in this make and model, 124 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW87LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870706031969A

## Narrative

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

FUEL IMBALANCE PRIOR TO TOTAL FUEL EXHAUSTION. LANDED WHEEL UP AND NOSED OVER. FUEL GAUGES DIFFICULT TO READ.

## 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 FTW87LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA162), Jul 6, 1987: Grumman G-21A (N322), Big Spring, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N322 (2)

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

- [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.
- [Incident 19781223021139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781223021139I), Dec 23, 1978: Gruman G21A (N322), Long Beach, CA. One engine quit, then the other. Pilot changed tanks, started one, continued. Fuel on/off valve installed wrong.

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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