Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 15 June 1967
Aircraft Type: Grumman HU-16E Albatross
Owner/operator: United States Coast Guard
Registration Number: 7237
Location: Atlin Provincial Park, BC –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft systems, specifically the aircraft’s control systems and navigation equipment.Aircraft systems, specifically the aircraft’s control systems and navigation equipment.
Category: Accident
A catastrophic aviation incident occurred in Alaska when a flight crew, consisting of three pilots and three spotters, crashed into a ridgeline during a search for a downed aircraft. All three crew members perished. Only two of the flight crew members, the pilots, survived, while the spotters remained in the cabin.A catastrophic aviation incident occurred in Alaska when a flight crew, consisting of three pilots and three spotters, crashed into a ridgeline during a search for a downed aircraft. All three crew members perished. Only two of the flight crew members, the pilots, survived, while the spotters remained in the cabin.
Description
Crashed into ridgeline of a mountain in Alaska while searching for a downed aircraft. The three flight crew members were killed. The three spotters in the cabin survived.
Source of Information
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/plane-crash-mystery-yukon-bc-alaska, http://www.joebaugher.com/coastguardseries.htmlhttps://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/plane-crash-mystery-yukon-bc-alaska, http://www.joebaugher.com/coastguardseries.htmlPrimary Cause
Mechanical failure during a search and rescue operation.Mechanical failure during a search and rescue operation.Share on:
