Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 MAY 1948 |
| Time: | ca 03:00 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 64015 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Caribbean (Atlantic Ocean) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roosevelt Roads-Roosevelt NAS (NRR/TJNR), Puerto Rico |
| Key West NAS, FL (NQX/KNQX), United States of America |
Lost at sea on a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Sources:
» The Evening Independent - May 14, 1948
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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.
