- Date
- August 18, 1969
- Place
- Avalon, CA · AVALON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N322Grumman G-21A
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2672 69/8/18 AVALON,CALIF GRUMMAN G-21A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1030 N322 PX- 0 0 5 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 41, 12530 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 774 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEBBLY BEACH SPB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CAL AVALON,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER REMARKS- PLT LANDED ON SMOOTH WATER. HULL CONTACTED BOAT WAKE. DAMAGED R HORIZ STAB AND ELEVATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N322
- Reported as
- Grumman G-21A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pebbly Beach Spb
N322Registration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N322 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW87LA162Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Spring, TXDuring flt, the plt noted that the left fuel tank was almost empty and the right tank had gained fuel. He immediately switched from the both position to the right tank and started to work the wobble pump. The fuel continued to drop in the left tank and the…NTSB LAX70A0010Accident · No injuriesClosedAvalon, CA