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On October 18, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng - Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng experienced a crash involving Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near South China Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft took off from Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng in poor weather for a patrol over the Gulf of Tonkin. Using the call signe Crown Bravo, a name that was assigned to the afternoon patrol of each day, the aircraft encountered worsening weather and failed to make a routine radio report. As soon as the weather cleared enough a second Albatross left Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng on a SAR mission. No trace of the aircraft or its crew was ever found. The last known position was about 64 km off Ð<U+1ED3>ng H<U+1EDB>i. Crew: Maj Ralph Harold Angstadt, 1st Lt John Henry Sotheron Long, Maj Inzar William Rackley, T/Sgt Robert Laverne Hill, S/Sgt Lawrence Clark, S/Sgt John Reginald Shoneck, A2C Steven Harold Adams. Source: Chris Hobson.

Aircraft reference details include registration 51-7145, MSN G-195, year of manufacture 1952.