- Date
- August 21, 1980
- Place
- Karluk, AK · KARLUK, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3282Grumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800821037279A
- Case key
- 136415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3208 80/8/21 KARLUK,AK GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1440 N3282 PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 2643 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KARLUCK LAGOON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,AK KARLUK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- A/C STRUCK SUBMERGED MUD BANK WHILE WATER TAXIING FRM LNDG.MAIL FLIGHT.COMPANY FLT PLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3282
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Karluck Lagoon
N3282Registration cancelled Oct 18, 2013 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.