Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Date:31 OCT 1955
Type:Martin PBM-5 Mariner
Operator:United States Navy
Registration: 59232
C/n / msn:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 16
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Colón-Coco Solo NAS (Panama)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Colón-Coco Solo NAS, Panama
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Hit seawall and crashed and burned after losing starboard engine on takeoff.

Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNos

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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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