Grumman G-21 N323

24 May 1966 · Catalina Is Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 May 1966 at about 12:25 local time, a Grumman G-21 registered N323, operated by Catalina Airli, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Catalina Is Calif, California, United States. 12 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 May 1966 at 12:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Catalina Is Calif, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-21
Registration: N323
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Catalina Airli
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3409

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
12	0	0	0	12

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT PORPOISED ON TAKEOFF RUN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3409, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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22 Jun 1970	Grumman G-21 N1513V	False Pass, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Dec 1971	Grumman G-21 N11CS	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Seap*	Minor injuries	-

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