# NTSB SEA86LA135: Grumman G21A, N37487, Hobart Bay, AK, June 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1986, 13:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Hobart Bay, AK
- Coordinates: 57.049922, -132.6194 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0499&lon=-132.6194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40415/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA135

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT NEGLECTED TO RAISE THE LANDING GEAR AFTER DEPARTING THE AIRPORT. WHILE LANDING ONTO WATER WITH THE GEAR STILL DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE BROKE OFF AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INVERTED AND THEN SANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N37487 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN G21A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: B-52
- Engines: P&W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Channel Flying Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: JUN, JUNEAU, AK
- Destination: 2Z1, HOBART BAY, AK
- Flight plan: Company VFR
- Airport: 2Z1, Entrance Island Spb

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,255 total, 1,810 in this make and model, 8,011 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 55 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860601037679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860601037679A), Jun 1, 1986: Grumav G21A, Hobart Ban, AK, Substantial damage. Amphibian pilot failed to check landing gear position prior to a water landing. Landed with wheels down. Overturned.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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