- Date
- February 9, 1976
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14CSGrumman G-21
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760209002239A
- Case key
- 152368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0146 76/2/9 AVALON,CA GRUMMAN G-21 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0803 N14CS PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 61, 17000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 4650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEBBLY BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGBEACH,CA AVALON,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- UN LND AT SPB DUE HEAVY SWELLS. LND IN COVE. AFTER T/D TAIL HIT BY SWELL,DMGD L STAB & ELEV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14CS
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pebbly Beach
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.