Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 AUG 1944 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 04501 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Manus SPB, Admiralty Islands (Papua New Guinea) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Manus Island-Momote Airport (MAS), Papua New Guinea |
Sank on hard landing after the bow collapsed and a wing tore off.
Sources:
» VP-101 Mishap List
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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.
