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UNK64X1555

1964-05-02 · AVALON BAY, California, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N329

Make / Model
GRUMMAN G-21A
Year of manufacture
1945 · 19 years old at event
Engine
P&W R-985 SERIES (450 hp)
Seats / Engines
8 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19650604
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A38FBE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
GRUMMAN G21 · N329
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
E
Airport
AVALON BAY
Kind of flying
CI

Pilot

Certificate
D4 (D4)
Total hours
100,000
Age
399

Cause factors

  • 64/A/25 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER LEVEL OFF Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 83/A/G A
    TERRAIN ROUGH WATER Cause — pilot/personnel action

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 1129. Source file NTSB_1964_3_1129.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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