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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 1936 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Junkers K.43fy (W.34) |
| Owner/operator: | Portuguese Navy |
| Registration: | 5. |
| MSN: | J27.. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Funchal bay -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Funchal |
| Porto Santo |
Seaplane capsized and sank 0,25 miles from shore on photographic survey mission "recently". The four crew were rescued by a motor-launch. Date probably earlier.
UPDATE based on the local newspaper Diário de Notícias da Madeira from 22-07-1937: Reports that the aircraft was on takeoff from Funchal bay, when a wave damaged one of the floaters. The three occupants didn't suffered any injures and were quickly rescued by speedboats. The aircraft sunk in a couple of minutes. The aircraft (on the newspaper wrongly named "Junker 56") was heading to Porto Santo for a aerial photography survey.
Sources:
Morning Tribune 11 July 1936, p20
Diário de Notícias da Madeira from 22-07-1937
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2019 08:48 | TB | Added |
| 11-Jul-2023 09:33 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 09-Dec-2023 10:13 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Dec-2023 18:01 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 19-Jun-2025 16:01 | nunocaldeira | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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