Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JAN 1943 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04431 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 97 km (60.6 mls) N off Perth, WA (Australia) |
| Phase: | () |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Engine caught fire, force landed off Australia, plane drifted onto beach.
Sources:
» VP-101 Mishap list
» Peter Dunn's Australia @ War web site
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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.
