Accident · 1989-05-18

NTSB case ANC89LA074 · GRUMMAN G21 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-18
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: GRUMMAN G21 (N4763C)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITION.

Source: NTSB case ANC89LA074

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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