# NTSB LAX67D0026: Grumman G-21A, N5538N, Catalina Is, CA, July 11, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 11, 1966
- Place: Catalina Is, CA · CATALINA IS, CA
- Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of CATALINA (AVX), within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122867
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0026
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0026

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3388  66/7/11    CATALINA IS CALIF   GRUMMAN G-21A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 11000
        TIME - 1130                    N5538N              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 330 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER
        REMARKS- N5538N LANDED IN TUGBOAT WAKE. TAIL DIPPED INTO WATER AND TWISTED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5538N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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