Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 22 December 1955
Aircraft Type: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
Owner/operator: Spartan Air Services
Registration Number: CF-EPX
Location: off Kyleakin, Scotland –
ÿ United Kingdom
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and navigation equipment.Aircraft structure and navigation equipment.
Category: Accident
A Consolidated Catalina aircraft crashed off Kyleakin, Scotland, resulting in the loss of the navigator. The aircraft was en route from Ottawa to India for aerial survey flights, and experienced a forced landing due to fuel shortages caused by headwinds.A Consolidated Catalina aircraft crashed off Kyleakin, Scotland, resulting in the loss of the navigator. The aircraft was en route from Ottawa to India for aerial survey flights, and experienced a forced landing due to fuel shortages caused by headwinds.
Description
A Consolidated Catalina was damaged beyond repair when it sank just offshore Kyleakin, Scotland. The navigator went down with the plane and did not survive. The airplane was being ferried from Ottawa to India to conduct aerial survey flights on behalf of the Indian government. The amphibian airplane made a forced landing at Kyleakin due to fuel shortage as a result of headwinds. It broke its moorings and drifted offshore. It quickly took on water and sank.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uMFAAAAIBAJ&dq=canso%20plane&pg=2677%2C1473389https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rMExAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0uMFAAAAIBAJ&dq=canso%20plane&pg=2677%2C1473389Primary Cause
Fuel shortage due to headwinds caused by adverse weather conditions.Fuel shortage due to headwinds caused by adverse weather conditions.Share on:
