- Date
- April 10, 1976
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18CSGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760410010669A
- Case key
- 152998
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0751 76/4/10 NR.AVALON,CA GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1620 N18CS PX- 0 0 9 AIR TAXI-PASSG 38, 11517 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1376 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMP FOX,CATALINA,CA SAN PEDRO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- L ENG LOST PWR.DIDNT FEATH PROP.UN MAINTAIN ALT, LND CROSS SWELL.L FLOAT SEP.ACFT SANK IN OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18CS
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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