Status: | |
Date: | Monday 12 March 1956 |
Type: | Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 49-069 |
MSN: | G-27 |
First flight: | 1950 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) off Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) ( Canada)
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Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Argentia NAS, NL (NWP), Canada |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed into Placentia Bay immediately after takeoff from Naval Air Station Argentia (NWP).
The aircraft was on a delivery flight from Amarillo, Texas to Spain to be taken on charge by the Spanish Air Force. En route stops were planned at Argentia NAS and the Azores.
Sources:
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Daily News, 13 March 1956» Hartford Courant (Mar 13, 1956)
» George Armstrong (E-mail 20-7-2016)
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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.