Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Greensboro, North Carolina
On departure aircraft struck unknown object in water on mission to drop a weather buoy.
Stargazer Aero Inc
https://registry.faa.gov/N1955G
Date: 25-AUG-18
Time: 18:09:00Z
Regis#: N1955G
Aircraft Make: GRUMMAN
Aircraft Model: HU 16
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: UNKNOWN
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 91
City: CAPE HATTERAS
State: NORTH CAROLINA
Alerted by the Coast Guard, the crew of a 754-foot cargo ship took five people aboard Saturday after a damaged seaplane was forced to land in the Atlantic 460 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras.
Uninjured, they were later transferred to a guided missile destroyer for the trip back to the U.S.
The seaplane originally left Elizabeth City Saturday morning. It made the emergency landing after hitting an object during takeoff and damaging the aircraft’s front node, according to a Coast Guard statement.
The plane was doing research for Johns Hopkins University, Petty Officer 3rd Class Shannon Kearney, a spokesperson for the Coast Guard 5th District, said Monday. It was not clear at what point in the trip the damage was done.
Everyone aboard put on their life jackets, the Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District command center were alerted by the International Emergency Response Coordination Center and an HC-130 Hercules aircraft was launched from the Air Station in Elizabeth City.
The Coast Guard used the Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System to divert the nearby 754-foot Liberian bulk carrier Polar Peru. The crew took the five people aboard Saturday night.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy sent the destroyer Mason to rendezvous with the Polar Peru to shuttle the passengers back to the United States. The destroyer had been conducting operations with Carrier Strike Group 12, which is based in Norfolk.
Coast Guard personnel from station Mayport were scheduled to meet the Mason Monday morning to take the passengers to Mayport, Fla.
Lt. Daniel Dunn, the command duty officer at the 5th District command center, urged mariners enroll in Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue System.
“We would also like to commend the crew on how prepared they were for an emergency situation,” he said in the statement. “They had all the required safety equipment, like life jackets, to ensure they would survive while response units were en route.”
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