# NTSB ANC80DA088: Grumman G-21A, N3282, Karluk, AK, August 21, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 21, 1980
- Place: Karluk, AK · KARLUK, AK
- Location: 57.5719° N, 154.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Karluk, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5719&lon=-154.4556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 12, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC80DA088
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA088

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3282-2013-10-18), registration cancelled 2013-10-18, S/N 1110, built 1945 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21A
- Registry model: [Grumman G-21A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21a) (registry code 3951204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Karluck Lagoon

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800821037279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800821037279A), Aug 21, 1980: Gruman G21A, Karluk, AK, Substantial damage. Hull of amphibian struck bottom during water taxi. Airplane was loaded over gross weight.

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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