ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 176225
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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1961 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Owner/operator: | Shuford Mills Inc |
| Registration: | N.... |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | 98 km S of Nassau -
 Bahamas
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Orlando, FL via Nassau | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Converted Navy PBY seaplane ditched after one of the two engines failed. Occupants salvaged by tugboat "Maggie". Owner A. Alex Shuford, industrialist from Hickory, North Carolina. The cabin was flooding by water entering through holes scraped by a reef and plane remained at 15 feet water. Attempts to repair the plane failed. Coast Guard tried to tow it to Nassau. But rope brocke. New attempt to repair it at sea planned.
Sources:
Youngstown Vindicator 15 December 1961, p1
The Victoria Advocat 15 December 1961, p1/16 December 1961, p3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2015 17:50 | TB | Added |
| 09-Jan-2017 22:37 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2021 20:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2021 19:17 | TB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2021 19:35 | TB | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2022 17:17 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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