Grumman G-21 N877A

5 April 1978 · St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 5 April 1978 at about 16:45 local time, a Grumman G-21 registered N877A, operated by Antilles Air B, was involved in an accident during in flight near St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States. 9 people were on board and 2 died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 April 1978 at 16:45
Classification: Accident
Location: St Thomas, Virgin Islands, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman G-21
Registration: N877A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Antilles Air B
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: St John, Vi → St Croix, Vi
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1957

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
9	2	0	1	6

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1957, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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