ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340684
Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
Time: | 20:50 |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
Registration: | NZ4002 |
MSN: | 1334 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lauthala Bay -
Fiji
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Crashed at Lauthala Bay while departing for a night circuit practice. The flying boat took off with the elevator trim tabs wrongly set and crashed into the water from a height of about 200 feet.
Sources:
NZ Serials
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