
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | PP-ZAS |
Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman G-64 Albatross |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman G-64 Albatross (G-111 / U-16) |
Aircraft Version: | Grumman SA-16A Albatross |
C/n (msn): | 32 |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | São Paulo - MarteMap |
Country: | Brazil |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: SBMT IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
Event: | Marti Airshow 1988 |
Photo Date: | 23 October 1988 |
Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
Photo ID: | 822169 |
Photo Comment |
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Ordered by the US Navy as PF-1A 124297. Delivered to the US Air Force as SA-16A 49-074 in 1950. To the Brazilian Air Force as S-16 6530 in 1958. Withdrawn from use at São Paulo-Marte in 1980. Registered as PP-ZAS by 1988 then N97HU in 1994 and XB-JHH in 2004. Made a forced landing on the sea at Playa de la Ventanilla, near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Mexico in 2004 while being pursued by the Mexican military on a drug running flight. Abandoned on the beach and covered by sand by 2008. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 2 July 2025, and has since been viewed 44 times. |