Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 FEB 1950 |
| Type: | Consolidated PB2B-1 Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4051 |
| C/n / msn: | 60958 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Evans Bay, Wellington (New Zealand) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The Catalina flying boat crashed while taking off from Evans Bay in Wellington harbour.
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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.
