Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 23 JAN 1992 |
| Type: | Grumman HU-16B Albatross |
| Operator: | Elleniki Polemikí Aeroporía |
| Registration: | 51-7202 |
| C/n / msn: | G-270 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Elefsis Air Base (Greece) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Elefsis AB (LGEL), Greece |
Crashed on a post-maintenance test flight.
Sources:
» US Coast Guard Aircraft Serial Numbers
» Flight International 12-18 February 1992
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
