ASN Aircraft accident Martin PBM-5 Mariner 59113 Corpus Christi NAS, TX (NGP)
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Status:
Date:Thursday 8 November 1945
Time:20:00
Type:Martin PBM-5 Mariner
Operator:United States Navy
Registration: 59113
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Collision casualties:Fatalities: 10
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:4 km (2.5 mls) NNW off Corpus Christi NAS, TX (NGP) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Mid-air collision between Martin PBM-3S Mariner 01710 and Martin PBM-5 Mariner 59113 off NAS Corpus Christi, TX. Both aircraft were operating on a night time training mission.
Mariner 01710 was approaching while Mariner 59113 was taking off from the water, overtaking 01710. A collision occurred at a height of about 400 feet and both planes crashed.

Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999


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