# NTSB LAX70A0015: Grumman G-21A, N1133, Avalon, CA, August 30, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 30, 1969
- 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: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 158635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70A0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70A0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2676  69/8/30    AVALON,CALIF        GRUMMAN G-21A       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1500                    N1133               PX-  0  0  8  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      54, 16958 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        7788 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEBBLY BEACH SPB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LONG BEACH,CALIF            AVALON,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
        REMARKS- LANDED NORMALLY. ACFT RAN INTO BOAT WAKE. DAMAGED R STAB.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1133 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G-21A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pebbly Beach Spb

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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