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| Date: | Sunday 5 March 1967 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman HU-16E Albatross |
| Owner/operator: | United States Coast Guard |
| Registration: | 1240 |
| MSN: | G-61 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | St. Petersburg International Airport, FL (PIE/KPIE) |
The Albatross amphibian plane failed to return from a rescue mission. It took off in response to a distress signal from a fishing boat near the Carrabelle sea buoy in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sources:
US Coast Guard Aircraft Serial Numbers
St. Petersburg Times - Mar 7, 196
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