Grumman G-21 accidents

The NTSB database holds 17 accidents and incidents involving the Grumman G-21, recorded between 1965 to 2002. 3 of them were fatal (18%), and 8 people died.

The deadliest year was 1974, with 5 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (7 records).

Most of these records are from United States and Unknown/Not Reported.

14 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

18%

Share fatal

1965 to 2002

Period

Show these on the map 3 of 17 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 5

1970s 8

1980s 1

1990s 2

2000s 1

Where these happened

United States 16 Unknown/Not Reported 1

Operators involved

Catalina Seap* 2 Antilles Air 1 Catalina Aibl* 1 Bureau of Land 1 Air Catalina 1 Catalina Airli 1

All 17 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 Dec 1974	Grumman G-21 N1583V	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Kodiak Airways, Inc.	Fatal	5
5 Apr 1978	Grumman G-21 N877A	St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States no coordinates	Antilles Air B	Fatal	2
29 Sep 1968	Grumman G-21 N325	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Seap*	Fatal	1
17 Jun 2002	Grumman G-21 N21A	Northway, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
15 Apr 1998	Grumman G-21 N22932	Dutch Harbor, Alaska, United States	-	No injuries	-
14 Aug 1993	Grumman G-21 N1530H	Togiak River, Alaska, United States	Bingman, Phillip L.	Minor injuries	-
26 Mar 1980	Grumman G-21 N87U	Karluk, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Kodiak Western	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1977	Grumman G-21 N23DF	Miami Lakes, Florida, United States no coordinates	Dean Franklin	Serious injuries	-
9 Feb 1976	Grumman G-21 N14CS	Avalon, California, United States no coordinates	Air Catalina	No injuries	-
30 Jul 1975	Grumman G-21 N324	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Aibl*	No injuries	-
9 Oct 1974	Grumman G-21 N75333	Wichita, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Aircraft FAC I	Minor injuries	-
12 Dec 1971	Grumman G-21 N11CS	Long Beach, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Seap*	Minor injuries	-
22 Jun 1970	Grumman G-21 N1513V	False Pass, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
12 Aug 1968	Grumman G-21 N95431	Juneau, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1966	Grumman G-21 N640	Alegnagik Alas, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Bureau of Land	No injuries	-
24 May 1966	Grumman G-21 N323	Catalina Is Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Catalina Airli	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1965	Grumman G-21 N95467	Christiansted Vi, Virgin Islands, United States no coordinates	Antilles Air	No injuries	-