- Date
- September 2, 1978
- Place
- Old Harbor, AK · OLD HARBOR, AK
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N72PRGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140461
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 78/9/2 OLD HARBOR,AK GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 4321 TIME - 1040 N72PR PX- 0 0 4 TOTAL HOURS, 1040 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLD HARBOR OPERATOR - KODIAK WESTERN ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLD HARBOR,AK KODIAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CYLINDER ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- #2 CYL HEAD CRACKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72PR
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Old Harbor