
Détails:
Operating on a flight from Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, North Carolina, to deploy a weather buoys during a multi-stop aerial surveillance mission, the aircraft ditched to the waters struck something in the water upon takeoff, 425 miles offshore
of Cape Hatteras. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the uninjured five occupants were brought aboard a passing Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) equipped container vessel.
Location at 2100Z on 25 Aug 2018 as reported by Bermuda Radio - 31-10.5N 070-01.6W. The aircraft subsequently sank.
» dailyadvance.com
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | samedi 25 août 2018 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Grumman HU-16C Albatross |
| Compagnie: | Stargazer Aero |
| Immatriculation: | N1955G |
| Numéro de série: | 406 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1954 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 5 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 680 km (425 milles) WNW de Cape Hatteras, NC ( Océan Atlantique)
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| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Surveillance |
| Aéroport de départ: | Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, NC, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, NC, Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Operating on a flight from Elizabeth City Coast Guard Air Station, North Carolina, to deploy a weather buoys during a multi-stop aerial surveillance mission, the aircraft ditched to the waters struck something in the water upon takeoff, 425 miles offshore
of Cape Hatteras. The airplane sustained substantial damage and the uninjured five occupants were brought aboard a passing Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER) equipped container vessel.
Location at 2100Z on 25 Aug 2018 as reported by Bermuda Radio - 31-10.5N 070-01.6W. The aircraft subsequently sank.
Sources:
» seaplanecrossings.org» dailyadvance.com
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