# NTSB LAX67A0074: Grumman G-21A, N328, Long Beach, CA, February 5, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1967
- Place: Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119296
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0074
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0074

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0191   67/2/5    LONG BEACH CALIF    GRUMMAN G-21A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1451                    N328                PX-  0  0  1  AIR TAXI-PASSG            50, 17307 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            5700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST                                TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PLT TAXIED DIRECTLY BEHIND DEPARTING C-119. THE PILOTS WERE NOT USING THE SAME TOWER RADIO FREQ.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N328](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N328-2014-09-29), registration cancelled 2014-09-29, S/N 1053, built 1958 (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: Long Beach

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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