ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335344
| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman SA-16B Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-7146 |
| MSN: | G-196 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nabeul -
 Tunisia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tripoli-Wheelus Air Base (MJI/HLLM) |
Crashed after engine failure. The pilot, Joseph E. Hessom, was killed. Five crew men were seriously injured and two escaped unhurt.
The aircraft was engaged in a search mission for three aircraft missing on a flight from the aircraft carrier Coral Sea.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
The David Hessom of John Family
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