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| Date: | Thursday 7 January 1993 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Grumman G-21A Goose |
| Owner/operator: | PenAir - Peninsula Airways |
| Registration: | N22932 |
| MSN: | B-139 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12054 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W R-985 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Akutan, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Unalaska, AK (DUT) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT STATED THAT JUST AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE WATER, HE ENCOUNTERED A MICROBURST. HE ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND SPEED SUDDENLY CHANGED FROM ABOUT 15 TO 20 KNOTS TO 40 TO 50 KNOTS. THE LEFT WING FLOAT HIT THE WATER AND WAS TORN OFF. BECAUSE OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WATER HE WAS UNABLE TO GET AIRBORNE OR TO TURN THE AIRPLANE. HE KEPT THE AIRPLANE HEADED INTO THE WIND AND BEACHED THE AIRPLANE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BAY. THE PILOT ALSO SAID THAT SUITABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAD BEEN REPORTED FOR THE LANDING AREA ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR EARLIER.
Probable Cause: THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY THE PILOTS IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR THE WINDS. FACTORS WERE THE MICROBURST, THE ROUGH WATER, AND THE PILOT'S INADEQUATE EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC93IA026
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1979 | N22932 | Catalina Airlines | 1 | Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, CA | |
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| 15 April 1998 | N22932 | PenAir - Peninsula Airways | 0 | Dutch Harbor, AK | |
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| 4 April 2004 | N22932 | PenAir | 0 | Unalaska Airport, AK | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 18-Mar-2024 07:24 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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