Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 DEC 1950 |
| Type: | Consolidated PB2B-1 Catalina |
| Operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4048 |
| C/n / msn: | 60959 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Satapuala, Upolu (Samoa)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Apia-Faleolo Airport (APW/NSFA), Samoa |
| ? |
Stalled on take off and crashed. The one survivor was injured.
Sources:
» NZ Serials
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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.
