| Date: | Thursday 23 August 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Maritime Central Airways |
| Registration: | CF-GBQ |
| MSN: | 456 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brevoort Island, NU -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
Upon landing in the bay near the DEW line site at Brevoort Island (RES-X-1), the Catalina hit a piece of ice that cut the hull open. The aircraft sank but the crew were rescued by a US Navy landing craft.
Sources:
Consolidated production list / G. Goodall
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