1240

On March 5, 1967 at 12:00 AM, 1240 experienced a crash involving Grumman HU-16 (SA-16) Albatross, operated by United States Coast Guard - USCG, with the event recorded near Gulf of Mexico All World.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

On a Sunday night search and rescue case the aircraft and crew responded to a request for assistance from a fishing vessel reportedly taking on water 20 miles off the coast. The same plane and crew had just returned from another search of over six hours. The entire crew perished when their seaplane struck the water while attempting to deliver a dewatering pump to a sinking vessel. No trace of the aircraft nor the six crew members was found. Crew: Lt Clifford E. Hanna, Lt Jg Charles F. Shaw, AD1 Ralph H. Studstill, AT1 Eckley M. Powlus Jr., AT2 James B. Thompson, AE3 Arthur L. Wilson Jr.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1240, MSN G-61, year of manufacture 1951.