- Date
- April 14, 1979
- Place
- Catalina Is, CA · CATALINA IS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious, 7 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11CSGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790414017119A
- Case key
- 144094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4001 79/4/14 CATALINA IS,CA GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1007 N11CS PX- 1 2 7 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 9335 TOTAL HOURS, 455 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEBBLY BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN PEDRO,CA CATALINA IS,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- LOW ALT STRAIGHT-IN APCH TOWARD SEAPLANE RAMP.GO-AROUND AFTR NOTICING BOAT WAKES.PAX DROWNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11CS
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pebbly Beach
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N11CS · 3
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