- Date
- May 24, 1966
- Place
- Catalina Is, CA · CATALINA IS, CA
- Injuries
- 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N323Grumman G-21
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3409 66/5/24 CATALINA IS CALIF GRUMMAN G-21 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1225 N323 PX- 0 0 11 AIR TAXI-PASSG 51, 16050 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 103 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON TAKEOFF RUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N323Registration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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