# NTSB ANC70AA021: Grumman G-21, N1513V, False Pass, AK, June 22, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 22, 1970
- Place: False Pass, AK · FALSE PASS, AK
- Location: 54.8724° N, 163.3343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of False Pass, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.8724&lon=-163.3343&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC70AA021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC70AA021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0045  70/6/22    FALSE PASS,ALAS     GRUMMAN G-21        CR-  0  0  1  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3800
        TIME - 1520                    N1513V              PX-  0  0  3                            TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        OPERATOR - REEVE ALEUTIAN AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          COLD BAY,ALAS               FALSE PASS,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- MAY HAVE HIT SUBMERGED OBJECT.NOSED DOWN,WATER ENTERED THRU TEAR IN HULL.SANK IN 110 FT OF WATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1513V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1513V-1970-07-24), registration cancelled 1970-07-24, S/N B-103 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21
- Registry model: [Grumman G-21](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21) (registry code 3951202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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