Date: | Sunday 5 March 1967 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman HU-16E Albatross |
Owner/operator: | United States Coast Guard |
Registration: | 1240 |
MSN: | G-61 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Gulf of Mexico -
Atlantic Ocean
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Albatross amphibian plane failed to return from a rescue mission. It took off in response to a distress signal from a fishing boat near the Carrabelle sea buoy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sources:
US Coast Guard Aircraft Serial Numbers St. Petersburg Times - Mar 7, 196 Revision history:
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