ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333993
| Date: | Wednesday 10 June 1959 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Martin PBM-5A Mariner |
| Owner/operator: | Marine Luchtvaart Dienst - MLD |
| Registration: | P-306 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mormugao, Goa -
 India
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Negombo RAF Station (CMB/VCBI) |
| Karachi (unknown airport) |
The Martin PBM-5A Mariner, operated by the Dutch Navy, departed Biak, Indonesia on May 31, 1959 on a ferry flight to the Netherlands. It was en route from Negombo to Karachi when engine trouble forced the crew to divert to Goa in Portuguese India.
The aircraft was positioning for a final approach to Goa Airport when it banked and suddenly entered a steep nose down descent from a height of about 360 meters. The aircraft impacted the ground and a fire broke out.
Sources:
Leeuwarder courant, 11-6-1959
Location
Images:
photo (c) Richard Gabeler; Colombo; 1959
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