| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | sábado 18 julio 1970 |
| Hora: | 16:00 |
| Tipo: |  Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Operador: | Unknown |
| Registración: | N6459C |
| Numéro de série: | 2017 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Extinción de Fuego |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA), Estados Unidos de América |
| Columbia Airport, CA (COA), Estados Unidos de América |
The Catalina struck granite boulders 252 feet short and 5 feet below runway elevation.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude
terrain - other
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - downwind
weather - high temperature
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - unknown/not reported
Fuentes:
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