Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
Operator: | United States Navy |
Registration: | 2409 |
MSN: | |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Geraldton Airport, WA (GET) ( Australia)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Geraldton Airport, WA (GET/YGEL), Australia |
Narrative:The flying boat was damaged beyond repair in a hard, full stall landing. The aircraft was loaded to about 30,000 lb. Several hull rivets were sheared off and the aircraft began taking water. It was brought to the beach were it struck rocks, puncturing the fuselage.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
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Peter Dunn's Australia @ War website
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.