ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328685
| Date: | Sunday 14 January 1979 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Grumman G-73 Mallard |
| Owner/operator: | Trans Catalina Airlines |
| Registration: | N95DF |
| MSN: | J-19 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1947 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Catalina Island-Avalon Bay Airport, CA (CIB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Catalina Island-Avalon Bay Airport, CA (AVX/KAVX) |
| Long Beach Municipal Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Grumman G-73 Mallard, named "Catalina Clipper", hit three waves hard during takeoff. The left wing broke off and the left engine tore away.
The plane sank as the occupants exited through the overhead hatch. A fishing boat was the first at the scene, Coast Guard moments later.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - selected unsuitable terrain
pilot in command - failed to abort takeoff
FACTORS:
pilot in command - premature lift-off
miscellaneous acts,conditions - overload failure
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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