Aircraft Photo of PP-ZAS | Grumman SA-16A Albatross | AirHistory.net #822169
Aircraft
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
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

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 Withdrawn from use at São Paulo-Marte in 1980.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.

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