| Date: | Sunday 16 June 1957 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | World Wide Air Services |
| Registration: | VH-WWB |
| MSN: | 1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kikori River -
 Papua New Guinea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft suffered a violent deceleration, water-looped to port and sank on a mud bank. The accident was due to the failure of the hull for reasons undetermined.
Sources:
Consolidated production list / G. Goodall
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