Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 27 December 1942
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 04402
Location: near Reykjav¡k/Keflav¡k-Meeks Field (KEF) –
ÿ Iceland
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Component Affected: Catalina aircraftCatalina aircraft
Category: Accident
A Catalina aircraft crashed during a snowstorm at night, approximately 18 minutes after takeoff, while conducting an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of a convoy of vessels bound for England. The incident involved five PBY-5A aircraft.A Catalina aircraft crashed during a snowstorm at night, approximately 18 minutes after takeoff, while conducting an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of a convoy of vessels bound for England. The incident involved five PBY-5A aircraft.
Description
Crashed in snow storm at night, 18 minutes after takeoff. The Catalina was one of five of PBY-5A’s that were scheduled to carry out an anti-submarine sweep south of Iceland ahead of the track of a convoy of vessels bound for England.
Primary Cause
Snowstorm conditions and the rapid descent into a snowstorm likely contributed to the aircraft’s loss of control and subsequent crash.Snowstorm conditions and the rapid descent into a snowstorm likely contributed to the aircraft’s loss of control and subsequent crash.Share on:
