| Date: | Sunday 18 May 1952 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing-Canada PB2B-1 Canso A (PBY-5A) |
| Owner/operator: | Maritime Central Airways |
| Registration: | CF-FAN |
| MSN: | 22023 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sandwich Bay, NL -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gander Airport, NL (YQX/CYQX) |
| Cartwright Airport, NL (YRF/CYCA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Catalina departed Gander, Canada at 13:17 hours on a chartered cargo flight to Cartwright, Labrador. The aircraft was seen approaching to land in Sandwich Bay near Cartwright Harbour with the main undercarriage extended. The aircraft appeared to come to a sudden stop immediately after the wheels touched the water and the tail of the aircraft was seen to rise to a vertical position and settle back at an angle of about 45 degrees. The crew were killed.
Probable Causes: "The aircraft crashed on the water through failure on the part of the pilot-in-command to ensure that the main undercarriage was retracted."
Sources:
Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers RCAF 9701 to 9750
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