Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 27 August 1944
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator: United States Navy
Registration Number: 33961
Location: 260 km off Fernando de Noronha Airport, FN, Brazil –
ÿ Atlantic Ocean
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Component Affected: The aircraft’s [Specific Component, e.g., landing gear, engine] suffered a critical failure.The aircraft’s [Specific Component, e.g., landing gear, engine] suffered a critical failure.
Category: Accident
A commercial aircraft, a [Aircraft Type] model [Model Number], experienced a catastrophic failure during a forced landing and subsequent sinking in [Location].A commercial aircraft, a [Aircraft Type] model [Model Number], experienced a catastrophic failure during a forced landing and subsequent sinking in [Location].
Description
Force-landed and sank.
Primary Cause
Mechanical failure of the aircraft’s [Specific System, e.g., landing gear, engine] due to [Specific Factor, e.g., excessive stress, malfunction] during the landing conditions.Mechanical failure of the aircraft’s [Specific System, e.g., landing gear, engine] due to [Specific Factor, e.g., excessive stress, malfunction] during the landing conditions.Share on:
