ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334647
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: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Brevoort Island, NU -
Canada
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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 Location
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