# NTSB LAX69A0052: Grumman G-21A, N10020, Catalina Is, CA, March 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 7, 1969
- 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: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 18, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79848
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0036   69/3/7    CATALINA IS,CALIF   GRUMMAN G-21A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 13055
        TIME - 1040                    N10020              PX-  0  0  6  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      TOTAL HOURS, 825 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CATALINA ISLE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- STRUCK UNKNOWN SUBMERGED OBJECT IN WATER DAMAGING FUSELAGE.LANDED AT SPB WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N10020 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Catalina Isle

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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