ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332122
| Date: | Saturday 27 May 1967 |
| Time: | 10:17 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| Owner/operator: | Catalina-Vegas Airlines |
| Registration: | N2968 |
| MSN: | J-25 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pebbly Beach, Avalon, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Avalon-Pebbly Beach Seaplane Base, CA |
| Avalon-Pebbly Beach Seaplane Base, CA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Porpoised when struck power boat wake. Pilot added power to continue takeoff but stalled, crashed into water and sank.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
pilot in command - failed to abort takeoff
FACTOR:
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Grumman G-73 Mallard / Geoff Goodall
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