| Date: | Monday 30 December 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Martin PBM-5 Mariner |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 59098 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Thurston Island -
 Antarctica
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Hit a ridge and burned on Thurston Island. The aircraft was part of the Byrd expedition to Antarctica. The survivors were rescued after thirteen days.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos
El Litoral, 13-1-1947
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