Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 01 JAN 1943 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04502 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | South Pacific (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed to avoid hitting small boat, South Pacific.
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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.
