ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334131
| Date: | Sunday 9 November 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Martin PBM-5 Mariner |
| Owner/operator: | ARTOP - Aero-Topográfica |
| Registration: | CS-THB |
| MSN: | 45409 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2240 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 36 / Occupants: 36 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | c 250 km SW off Lisbon, Portugal -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base |
| Funchal Airport (FNC/LPFU) | |
| Investigating agency: | DGAC Portugal |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was missing on a flight from Lisbon to Madeira. In the last radio contact the crew radioed: "I am forced to land immediately". The flight had taken off at 12:23 and the final radio call was received at 13:21.
Cause: undetermined.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
José Vilhena
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