Date:	Saturday 13 June 1942
Time:
Type:	Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator:	United States Navy
Registration:	7252
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Maxaranguape, RN -   Brazil
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Belém/Val-de-Cans International Airport, PA (BEL/SBBE)
Destination airport:	Natal Airport, RN (NAT/SBNT)

Narrative:
Crashed after encountering a severe thunderstorm. The airplane came down in sea five miles from Natal. The Catalina was part of group being ferried from Norfolk NAS to Natal, Brazil.

Probable cause: Flying at low altitude in heavy rain and rough air, the pilot temporarily lost his horizon and put plane in glide into water.

US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War / Ragnar Ragnarsson
g1.globo.com

Date/time	Contributor	Updates