Date of incident: 14 December 1954
Crash related deaths:
AL1 Clifford E. Habecker
AD1 Andrew P. Turnier
AL3 Doyle E. Jahn
Air Station the aircraft and/or crew were assigned to:
Air Station Annette, Alaska
Aircraft type and Coast Guard tail number:
Grumman UF-1G Albatross, 2121*
Location of the incident:
Haines, Alaska
Description of the incident:
UF-1G 2121 was flown from Annette, Alaska to Haines, Alaska on 14 December 1954 to perform a medical evacuation. The aircraft crashed during a water take-off, possibly due to a layer of ice which had built up on its wing during the wait for the patient to be delivered.
Date of incident:
14 December 1954
Names of personnel killed in the incident:
AL1 Clifford E. Habecker
AD1 Andrew P. Tournier
AL3 Doyle E. Jahn
Fred Harrington (passenger--medical patient)
Air Station the aircraft and/or crew were assigned to:
AIRSTA Annette
Aircraft type and Coast Guard tail number (if applicable):
Grumman UF-1G [HU-16E] Albatross, 2121
Location of the incident:
Haines, Alaska
Description of the incident:
UF-1G 2121 was flown from Annette, Alaska to Haines, Alaska on 14 December 1954 to perform a medical evacuation. The aircraft crashed during a water take-off, possibly due to a layer of ice that had built up on its wing during the wait for the patient to be delivered.
L-188 wrote:I don't buy the explaination of the mission. My understanding was that it was move a prisoner out of Haines. My late Grandfather was the US Marshall escorting him at the time. He surived the crash but lost the prisoner.
bhmbaglock wrote:L-188 wrote:I don't buy the explaination of the mission. My understanding was that it was move a prisoner out of Haines. My late Grandfather was the US Marshall escorting him at the time. He surived the crash but lost the prisoner.
Could be both are true. It's not unheard of for a prisoner to be transported for medical treatment. Of course, having a US Marshall do it by seaplane makes it a little more unusual unless maybe he needed medical treatment for damage done to him while being caught for example.
Haines, AK Coast Guard Plane Crash, Dec 1954
FOUR MEN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH AT HAINES YESTERDAY.
Haines (AP) -- Four men, including a strait-jacketed mental patient being flown to Juneau for hospitalization apparently were killed yesterday in the crash of a Coast Guard amphibious plane during a take-off from Haines harbor.
Seven men were aboard the plane when it cracked up and four of them were taken from the water within an hour while three still are missing. Injuries received in the crash took the life of AL1 CLIFFORD E. HABECKER, 34, Pittsford, N.Y., a coastguaradsman.
Still missing are FRED HARRINGTON, the mental patient from Haines, and two other coastguardsmen
AD1 ANDREW P. TURNIER, 39, Landsdowne, Pa., and AL3 DOYLE E. JAHN, 21, Roseland, Nebr.
Although search still is continuing for these men virtually no hope is held they will be found alive.
Survivors are Lt. Cmdr. FREDERICK J. HANCOX, 34, the pilot, of Reading, Pa.; Lt. WILLIAM P. BUTLER, 25, Hyattsville, Md., the co-pilot and U.S. deputy marshall DARRELL MILLER, Juneau.
HANCOX'S condition was listed as fair and BUTLER'S as critical. MILLER, escorting HARRINGTON to Juneau, suffered only slight injuries.
The plane was from the Annette Island Coast Guard station and was taking off when the crackup occurred. It was not determined whether the craft had left the water or struck some submerged object.
The survivors were taken from the water by fishermen.
The Coast Guard cutter Storis was due to arrive in Juneau this afternoon with the survivors and HABECKER'S body.
Rescuers said the plane fell in Portage bay and remained afloat almost 30 minutes before sinking nose first in 400 feet of water.
The Coast Guard tender Citrus is remaining at Haines to continue the search for the missing men.
The survivors will be taken to St. Anne's hospital in Juneau.
Daily Sitka Sentinel Alaska 1954-12-15
Zak wrote:I guess here is the explanation for the patient / prisoner thing.
A few more details on the crash as well.Haines, AK Coast Guard Plane Crash, Dec 1954
FOUR MEN KILLED IN PLANE CRASH AT HAINES YESTERDAY.
Haines (AP) -- Four men, including a strait-jacketed mental patient being flown to Juneau for hospitalization apparently were killed yesterday in the crash of a Coast Guard amphibious plane during a take-off from Haines harbor.
Seven men were aboard the plane when it cracked up and four of them were taken from the water within an hour while three still are missing. Injuries received in the crash took the life of AL1 CLIFFORD E. HABECKER, 34, Pittsford, N.Y., a coastguaradsman.
Still missing are FRED HARRINGTON, the mental patient from Haines, and two other coastguardsmen
AD1 ANDREW P. TURNIER, 39, Landsdowne, Pa., and AL3 DOYLE E. JAHN, 21, Roseland, Nebr.
Although search still is continuing for these men virtually no hope is held they will be found alive.
Survivors are Lt. Cmdr. FREDERICK J. HANCOX, 34, the pilot, of Reading, Pa.; Lt. WILLIAM P. BUTLER, 25, Hyattsville, Md., the co-pilot and U.S. deputy marshall DARRELL MILLER, Juneau.
HANCOX'S condition was listed as fair and BUTLER'S as critical. MILLER, escorting HARRINGTON to Juneau, suffered only slight injuries.
The plane was from the Annette Island Coast Guard station and was taking off when the crackup occurred. It was not determined whether the craft had left the water or struck some submerged object.
The survivors were taken from the water by fishermen.
The Coast Guard cutter Storis was due to arrive in Juneau this afternoon with the survivors and HABECKER'S body.
Rescuers said the plane fell in Portage bay and remained afloat almost 30 minutes before sinking nose first in 400 feet of water.
The Coast Guard tender Citrus is remaining at Haines to continue the search for the missing men.
The survivors will be taken to St. Anne's hospital in Juneau.
Daily Sitka Sentinel Alaska 1954-12-15
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