Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 23 October 1941
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 2346
Location: Argentia NAS, NL (NWP) –
ÿ Canada
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: / Occupants:
Component Affected: Aircraft wingAircraft wing
Category: Accident
A commercial aircraft, while moored, experienced a catastrophic failure due to a dropped depth charge, resulting in rapid sinking and explosion.A commercial aircraft, while moored, experienced a catastrophic failure due to a dropped depth charge, resulting in rapid sinking and explosion.
Description
While moored a depth charge accidentally dropped from wing. Sank and exploded.
Primary Cause
Dropping of a depth charge from the wing of the aircraft.Dropping of a depth charge from the wing of the aircraft.Share on:
