ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335683
Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1952 |
Time: | |
Type: | Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 51-008 |
MSN: | G-81 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Korean coast -
South Korea
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Albatross impacted a snow-covered mountain and caught fire when searching for a Fairchild C-119 that had crashed.
The wreckage of the Albatross was found 20 January with the five crew alive.
Sources:
USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher Singapore Standard 22 January 1952, p7
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