Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 18 JUL 1970 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina |
| Operator: | ? |
| Registration: | N6459C |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Columbia Airport, CA (COA), United States of America |
| Columbia Airport, CA (COA), United States of America |
The Catalina struck granite boulders 252 feet short and 5 feet below runway elevation.
PROBABLE CAUSES:
pilot in command - misjudged distance,speed,and altitude
terrain - other
FACTORS:
miscellaneous acts, conditions - downwind
weather - high temperature
weather briefing - no record of briefing received
weather forecast - unknown/not reported Sources:
» NTSB
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Distance from Columbia Airport, CA to Columbia Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Columbia Airport, CA to Columbia Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
