7233

On July 3, 1964 at 12:00 AM, 7233 experienced a crash involving Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, operated by United States Coast Guard - USCG, with the event recorded near Ketchikan Alaska.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Five Coast Guardsmen were killed when their HU-16E crashed on a mountainside near Ketchikan while returning from a search for a missing fishing vessel. The aircraft had failed to land during its first approach to the air station and was making a second attempt when it disappeared. Two days later wreckage was spotted near the summit of a mountain peak on Gravina Island, only three miles from the Air Station. Crew: Lcdr Joseph N. Andrassy, Lt Robert A. Perchard, Ao1 Harry W. Olson, Am2 Donald C. Malena, At3 Edward A. Krajniak. Source: http://www.check-six.com/lib/Coast_Guard_Aviation_Casualties.htm

Aircraft reference details include registration 7233, MSN G-318, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.3431°, -131.6467°.