| Date: | Saturday 4 July 1964 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Securité Civile |
| Registration: | F-ZBAR |
| MSN: | CV-449 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Donzère -
 France
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | |
The PBY-5A fire fighting plane was scooping up water from the Canal Donzère-Mondragon when the undercarriage door opened due to a technical malfunction. Water entered the wheel bay causing the plane to swing to the side, striking the bank of the canal.
Sources:
PBY-5A-F ZBAR PELICAN ROUGE
Location
Images:
photo (c) pelican; Donzère; 04 July 1964
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