Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 18 MAY 1957 |
| Type: | Grumman UF-1G Albatross |
| Operator: | United States Coast Guard |
| Registration: | 1278 |
| C/n / msn: | G-287 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Salem Harbor, MA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed during water JATO demonstration.
Sources:
» US Coast Guard Aircraft Serial Numbers
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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.
