ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 78514
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| Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman OA-9 Goose (G-21) |
| Owner/operator: | 74th BSqn USAAC |
| Registration: | 38-572 |
| MSN: | 1038 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | San Blas Islands, CZ -
 Panama
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Albrook Field, CZ |
| Tigre Island, San Blas Islands, CZ | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 12 December 1939 two pilots of Albrook Field, Canal Zone, 1st Lt T C Dary and 1st Lt John R Keely, took off with the Grumman OA-9 Goose 38-572 of 74th BS from Albrook Field for a mercy flight mission. Aboard were two medical officers, Capt E Griffis, of Albrook Field, and Capt E. F. Austin, of Quarry Heights, and an engineer, Cpl J S Kouba, of 74th BS. The purpose of the mission was to treat several cases of illness reported among the Indians of Tigre Island, San Blas Islands.
At the end of the flight a landing was attempted near Tigre Island in rough water, the bow of the plane caved in and it sank in about 15 feet of water. Cut and bruises were suffered by several of the men aboard but all escaped without serious injury.
The men remained at the San Blas Islands overnight and were picked up by another amphibian the next day. Two Navy boats went to the scene of the crash and an attempt was made to raise the airplane from the water. The result of the attempt is not known, but the aircraft was a total loss.
Sources:
https://archive.org/stream/AirCorpsNewsLetter19400101-nsia/AirCorpsNewsLetter19400101#page/n3/mode/2up
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/1940sB4/1939.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Blas_Islands
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=9.570000&lon=-78.820000&z=12
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Feb-2011 08:58 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2011 10:31 | TB | Updated [Date, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2011 05:49 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 13-Dec-2017 15:08 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2020 18:35 | DB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2023 04:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
| 24-Sep-2023 13:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [[[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]]] |
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