- Date
- May 7, 1974
- Place
- St Thomas, VI · ST THOMAS, VI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1048VGrumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740507013739A
- Case key
- 125975
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1863 74/5/7 ST THOMAS,VI GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1105 N1048V PX- 0 0 8 AIR TAXI-PASSG 52, 10426 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 675 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEAPLANE BASE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAJARDO,PR ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED REMARKS- LARGE SWELL ENCOUNTERED FOLLOWING LANDING WHILE TAXIING ON THE STEP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1048V
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Seaplane Base
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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.