V164

On July 15, 1939 at 12:00 AM, V164 experienced a crash involving Naval Aircraft Factory PH-2, operated by United States Coast Guard - USCG, with the event recorded near Atlantic Ocean All World.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 37.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was engaged in a SAR mission in an attempt to find the vessel christened 'Atlantis' which disappeared recently. In unknown circumstances, the seaplane crashed into the some 240 km southeast of New York. Three crew members were killed while all five other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration V164.