Incident Grumman G-21A Goose N329, Saturday 10 January 1970
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Date:Saturday 10 January 1970
Time:15:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic G21 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Grumman G-21A Goose
Owner/operator:Catalina Seaplanes
Registration: N329
MSN: B-140
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, CA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Long Beach, CA
Destination airport:Avalon, CA
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Struck speeding boat on landing. Occupants of the boat were killed.

Accident investigation:
  
Report number: LAX70AL040
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
26-Jan-2011 16:13 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
28-Feb-2011 05:44 TB Updated
28-Feb-2022 15:50 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative, ]
28-Feb-2022 15:50 TB Updated [Narrative, ]
09-Jul-2023 02:36 Ron Averes Updated

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