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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX79FA084

1979-09-17 AVALON, California, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N22932

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN G-21A

Year of manufacture

1946 · 33 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19780717

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A2054C

Registrant of record

RUNYON AVIATION LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N22932 Grumman G-21A Fatal

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

GRUMMAN G-21A · N22932

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Takeoff — initial climb (C1)

Operator type

E

Airport

PEBBLY BEACH

Kind of flying

CI

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

360° / 2 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

0000000B-139

Total time

6,429 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

DA (DA)

Total hours

13,300

Age

54

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ION 29.CRASHED DRG WATER TKOF.

Investigator remarks

UP ELEVATOR CABLE SEPARATED 3 TO 4FT FWD OF STAT

Cause factors

68/A/D6 A
PERSONNEL INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION Cause — pilot/personnel action
75/A/CC A
SYSTEMS ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/A/36 A
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS FATIGUE FRACTURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
88/J/88 J
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3075. Source file NTSB_1979_3_3075.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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