Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 MAY 1954 |
| Type: | Martin PBM-5 Mariner |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 59106 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Caricitas (Mexico) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed into mountain ridge near Caricitas.
Sources:
» The Victoria Advocate - May 6, 1954
» US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
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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.
