- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Place
- St.Thomas, VI
- Injuries
- 11 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N323Grumman G21A
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19780604042639A
- Case key
- 79851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3993 78/6/4 NR.ST.THOMAS,VI GRUMMAN G21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 11500 TIME - 1435 N323 PX- 0 0 10 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 2733 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SEA PLANE BASE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.THOMAS,VI ST CROIX,VIRGIN IS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN 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- CARB AIRBOX HOT AIR TO COLD AIR VALVE LINKAGE RETAINING BOLT FAILED CAUSING AIR STARVATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N323
- Reported as
- Grumman G21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sea Plane Base
N323Registration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N323 · 1
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