# NTSB LAX69A0016: Grumman G-21, N325, Avalon, CA, September 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 29, 1968
- Place: Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Location: 33.3440° N, 118.3214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Avalon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3440&lon=-118.3214&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 2, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3818  68/9/29    AVALON,CALIF        GRUMMAN G-21        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1400                    N325                PX-  0  0  0  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      53, 14000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN LOW LEVEL FLT AND CRASHING INTO OCEAN. ACFT SANK,PLTS BODY NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N325](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N325-1968-10-21), registration cancelled 1968-10-21, S/N B127 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21
- Registry model: [Grumman G-21A](https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-g-21a) (registry code 3951204) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Catalina

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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