ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320269
Date: | Friday 3 July 2015 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Flying Fireman |
Registration: | N85U |
MSN: | 2111 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Wright R-2600-35 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | off Orange Beach, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | - |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Confidence Rating: | |
Narrative:On June 29, 2015, a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina became beached on a sand bar on the shore of Orange Beach, Alabama. The aircraft was being used in the film production of "The U.S.S. Indianapolis: Men of Courage" and had just landed. The aircraft began taking on water and a pump was used to remove the water from the inside of the plane.
Initial attempts to free the plane using two tractors failed because a cable snapped. A further attempt on July 4 also failed. During attempts to hoist the Catalina onto a barge the fuselage broke.
Sources:
WSFA 30 June 2015 Fox 10
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