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Event SEA94LA192

1994-07-22 BREMERTON, Washington, United States Airport · PWT None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N327

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

GRUMMAN G-21A

Year of manufacture

1958 · 36 years old at event

Engine

P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)

Seats / Engines

8 seats · 2 engines

Last airworthiness date

19600624

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A38850

Registrant of record

DAMICO SAMUEL P

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING.

Factual narrative

On July 22, 1994, approximately 1250 Pacific daylight time, a Grumman G-21A Goose, N327, sustained substantial damage when the pilot lost directional control after landing at Bremerton, Washington. The commercial pilot and his two pilot-rated passengers were uninjured. There was no flight plan filed for the flight, which was conducted in visual meteorological conditions. The pilot was practicing landings at Bremerton. Damage included left landing gear collapse, left wing tip and spar damage, keel damage, and structural damage around the left main landing gear. The pilot stated that while rolling out after landing, while at about 20 mph in a three-point attitude, he experienced a loss of directional control to the left, which he corrected with right rudder, right brake and left engine. He stated that he over- corrected, which resulted in a turn to the right. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ROLLING OUT AFTER LANDING, AT ABOUT 20 MPH IN A THREE-POINT ATTITUDE, HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TO THE LEFT, WHICH HE CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER, RIGHT BRAKE AND LEFT ENGINE. HE STATED THAT HE OVER-CORRECTED, RESULTING IN A TURN TO THE RIGHT. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE KEEL, WHEEL WELL, LEFTWING TIP AND LEFT WING FLOAT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1994_SEA94LA192.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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