# Accident 20080409831909A: Grumav G21A, Unalaska, AK, April 9, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2008, 16:30 local time
- Place: Unalaska, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PNSA
- Location: 53.9003° N, 166.5333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.9003&lon=-166.5333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N741, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N741) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,040 total, 320 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC08FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080409831909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1630 ADT ON APRIL 9, 2008, A GRUMMAN GOOSE (G-21A), N741, OPERATED BY PENINSULA AIRWAYS UNDER 14 CFR PART 135 AS A COMMUTER, FLIGHT NUMBER 325, STRUCK A CONTAINER TRAILER OF A TRUCK WHILE LANDING AT DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED AKUTAN, ALASKA FOR DUTCH HARBOR UNDER VFR CONDITIONS. THE COLLISION OCCURRED ON A ROAD SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD OF RUNWAY 30. THE ROAD IS NOT ON AIRPORT PROPERTY AND IS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT BY A FENCE. FROM THE IMPACT DAMAGE ON THE TRUCK THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 13 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN IT STRUCK THE TRAILER. THE ROAD HAS TWO GATES AND RED BLINKING LIGHTS AT EACH GATE TO WARN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC OF APPROACHING AIRCRAFT. WHILE THE BLINKING LIGHTS WERE OPERATIONAL, ONE OF THE GATES HAD BEEN INOPERATIVE FOR OVER A YEAR AND THE OTHER HAD BEEN INOPERATIVE FOR ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS, DEPENDING ON THE PERSON MAKING THE STATEMENT. THE TRUCK DRIVER WAS AN EXPERIENCED AND LICENSED COMMERCIAL DRIVER, ALTHOUGH HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED.

## 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 ANC08FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC08FA050), Apr 10, 2008: Grumman G-21A (N741), Unalaska, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a truck while landing, and the vehicle operator's decision to ignore runway warning signals. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative vehicle…

## Other reports on N741 (1)

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

- [Accident 19940321006189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940321006189A), Mar 21, 1994: Grumav G21 (N741), Gustauvs, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed after encountering downdraft. (-4)the state-operated amphibian was unable to outclimb rising terrain and impacted the margerie glacier, coming…

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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