Date: | Sunday 24 September 1972 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina |
Owner/operator: | Austin Airways |
Registration: | CF-AAD |
MSN: | 1658 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Great Whale River, QC -
Canada
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:One propeller oversped and could not be feathered. During landing the pilot-in-command decided to overshoot because of an unsafe gear indication. However, he was unable to maintain altitude with gear down and a windmilling propeller.
Sources:
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher ICAO Summary No. 53
Images:
photo (c) Patrick Cloutier; near Kuujjuarapik, QC; 1982
photo (c) Patrick Cloutier; near Kuujjuarapik, QC; 1982
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