ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340684
| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 20:50 |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4002 |
| MSN: | 1334 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lauthala Bay -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed at Lauthala Bay while departing for a night circuit practice. The flying boat took off with the elevator trim tabs wrongly set and crashed into the water from a height of about 200 feet.
Sources:
NZ Serials
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