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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 2409 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Geraldton Airport, WA (GET) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Geraldton Airport, WA (GET/YGEL) |
The flying boat was damaged beyond repair in a hard, full stall landing. The aircraft was loaded to about 30,000 lb. Several hull rivets were sheared off and the aircraft began taking water. It was brought to the beach were it struck rocks, puncturing the fuselage.
Sources:
Peter Dunn's Australia @ War website
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