Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JAN 1959 |
| Type: | Martin P5M-2 Marlin |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 135529 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Willoughby Bay, VA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
| Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA (NGU/KNGU), United States of America |
Broke up when it flew into the water during an approach to Norfolk NAS. The seaplane had conducted a routine patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Schenectady Gazette - Jan 28, 1959
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA to Norfolk NAS Chambers, VA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
