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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Consolidated P4Y-2 Privateer |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 59695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Washington -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | NAS Sand Point, WA |
Crashed into Lake Washington near Seattle, WA after taking off from NAS Sand Point with flaps retracted. The crew of eleven occupants is said to have swam to safety. The plane sank within five minutes.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20100201175757/http://www.nwrain.com/~newtsuit/recoveries/lkwash/pb4y2/pb4y2.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Nov-2010 11:55 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jul-2017 18:12 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Sep-2022 18:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
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