Zone
Florida

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina off Pensacola NAS: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
08316
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
Location:
Pensacola
Florida
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While landing by night in the Pensacola Bay, the seaplane water looped and sank. A crew member was killed while six others were injured.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina off Pensacola: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
2298
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
Location:
Pensacola
Florida
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Water looped on landing and sank off Pensacola, killing all three crew members.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina into the Mobile Bay: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 3, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
08324
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
Location:
Mobile
Alabama
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Mobile Bay, off Mobile, killing all five crew members.

Crash of a Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina off Pensacola NAS: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jul 1, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Operator:
Registration:
04447
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
Location:
Pensacola
Florida
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Chief Motor Machinist Mate Dana W. Heckart was undergoing flight training at Pensacola and was the co-pilot of PBY-5 04447 during an anti-submarine patrol training flight. The pilot, LT (jg) John W. Nichols, USN, attempted to make a "power stall" water landing during a rain storm. The PBY "hit swells" that "bounced" the aircraft. On the third bounce, the nose of the aircraft buried in the water, causing the aircraft to nose over. The cockpit section separated from the rest of the aircraft and sank, taking Chief Heckart to the bottom. He did not survive. Nichols and the other six members of the crew, although injured, survived the crash.
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