Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 JUN 1943 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4006 |
| C/n / msn: | 1338 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | S off Fiji (Pacific Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA), New Zealand |
The flying boat departed from Lauthala Bay near Suva, Fiji at 04:30 on a ferry flight to Auckland. The Catalina never arrived at the destination. Some wreckage was found in the following few days on the islands south of Lauthala Bay.
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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.
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