Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crash, Jul 12, 1956 (1 killed)
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina accident on July 12, 1956 near Marabá Pará, Brazil with 1 fatality. Cause: The cause was a double engine failure..
- Date: July 12, 1956
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
- Location: Marabá Pará, Brazil
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The cause was a double engine failure.
On approach to Maraba, both engines of a TICAL Consolidated PBY 5A Catalina failed. The crew elected to make an emergency landing, and the seaplane crashed into the Tocantins River. A crewman was killed.