Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 FEB 1943 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 08033 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Canton Island Airport (CIS) (Kiribati)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Canton Island Airport (CIS/PCIS), Kiribati |
| ? |
Engine caught fire on takeoff Canton Island and sank.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
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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.
