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NTSB accident investigation · Grumman G-21A · Laboucher Bay · August 25, 1978

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 25, 1978
Place
Laboucher Bay
Injuries
12 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N1045Grumman G-21A
Status
Completed · report June 4, 1979
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19780825043289A
Case key
139487

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4330  78/8/25  NR.LABOUCHER BAY,AK   GRUMMAN G-21A       CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 5727
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N1045               PX- 11  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 684 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LABOUCHER BAY,AK            KETCHIKAN,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.FOUR BODIES RECOVERED.

Aircraft

Registration
N1045
Reported as
Grumman G-21A
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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