Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 18 APR 1956 |
| Type: | Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-039 |
| C/n / msn: | G-114 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 0,4 km (0.3 mls) N of Wheelus AB (MJI) (Libya) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
