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Crash of a Grumman G-21A Goose into the Río Pastaza: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1949
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
HC-SBV
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1018
YOM:
1937
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a test flight when the seaplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Río Pastaza. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Fergusson, pilot,
F/O Harold Riggs, flight engineer.