Consolidated PBY Catalina crash, May 31, 1986, Plymouth
Consolidated PBY Catalina accident on May 31, 1986 near Plymouth, Devonshire, United Kingdom with no fatalities. Cause: The aircraft struck a temporary...
- Date: May 31, 1986
- Aircraft: Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Location: Plymouth, Devonshire, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The aircraft struck a temporary buoy and then a navigation buoy during landing.
Catalina C-FOWE of Jonathan Seagull Holdings was landing on Plymouth Sound on 31 May 1986 as part of a celebration of the 1919 NC-4 transatlantic flight. It struck a temporary buoy and then a navigation buoy, lost part of a wing and a float, and was later towed to Mount Batten and repaired.