Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina crashes

283 crashes involving the Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina since 1938, with 1,465 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 283
• Fatal crashes: 229
• Fatalities: 1,465
• First recorded: February 2, 1938
• Most recent: June 28, 1979

Deadliest

1. July 17, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Macau Macau, China (25 fatalities)
2. March 10, 1959: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Curralinho Pará, Brazil (23 fatalities)
3. November 27, 1944: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Brazil (22 fatalities)
4. December 22, 1967: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Peru (20 fatalities)
5. August 6, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (20 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (93)
• International waters and airspace (35)
• Brazil (22)
• Indonesia (14)
• Papua New Guinea (14)
• Australia (13)
• Colombia (11)
• United Kingdom (10)
• Canada (9)
• Morocco (5)
• Solomon Islands (5)
• Norway (4)

Years

• 1943 (69)
• 1942 (42)
• 1944 (42)
• 1945 (21)
• 1946 (9)
• 1950 (8)
• 1947 (7)
• 1948 (7)
• 1949 (7)
• 1952 (7)
• 1941 (5)
• 1957 (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

• June 28, 1979: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lisbon-Alverca Estremadura - Lisbon District, Portugal (1 fatality)
• October 4, 1978: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Santo Antônio do Içá Amazonas, Brazil (12 fatalities)
• August 18, 1975: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Harlingen-Valley Intl Texas, United States (3 fatalities)
• February 6, 1975: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Wikieup Arizona, United States (3 fatalities)
• June 9, 1973: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Villavicencio Meta, Colombia (1 fatality)
• September 24, 1972: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kuujjuarapik (Poste-de-la-Baleine) Quebec, Canada (0 fatalities)
• August 15, 1972: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Monaco (0 fatalities)
• April 13, 1972: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Humaitá Amazonas, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• September 3, 1971: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pine Point Northwest Territories, Canada (2 fatalities)
• November 14, 1970: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Christiansted-Henry E. Rohlsen (ex Alexander Hamilton), US Virgin Islands (0 fatalities)
• July 18, 1970: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Columbia California, United States (2 fatalities)
• August 8, 1968: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Jarvis Lake British Columbia, Canada (2 fatalities)
• February 8, 1968: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Guajará-Mirim Rondônia, Brazil (4 fatalities)
• December 22, 1967: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Peru (20 fatalities)
• November 8, 1967: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Marseille-Marignane Bouches-du-Rhône, France (1 fatality)
• November 26, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, La Pedrera Amazonas, Colombia (12 fatalities)
• October 19, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (4 fatalities)
• August 27, 1966: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Highland Park Illinois, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 1965: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Puerto Arturo Vaupés, Colombia (2 fatalities)
• October 4, 1965: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Klamath Falls Oregon, United States (2 fatalities)
• May 3, 1964: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Upernavik Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland (0 fatalities)
• January 29, 1964: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (1 fatality)
• August 10, 1963: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Desolation Cape Kommune Kujalleq, Greenland (13 fatalities)
• April 26, 1962: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Daru Western (Fly), Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
• August 14, 1961: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Walterboro South Carolina, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 8, 1961: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Schefferville Quebec, Canada (3 fatalities)
• June 15, 1961: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lake Peñuelas Región de Valparaíso, Chile (6 fatalities)
• March 15, 1960: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, El Refugio Meta, Colombia (6 fatalities)
• December 16, 1959: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Ketchikan Alaska, United States (3 fatalities)
• March 10, 1959: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Curralinho Pará, Brazil (23 fatalities)
• September 8, 1958: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pozo California, United States (2 fatalities)
• July 6, 1958: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Preston Holguín, Cuba (5 fatalities)
• March 12, 1958: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (1 fatality)
• February 19, 1958: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Raiatea Island Windward Islands, French Polynesia (15 fatalities)
• October 1, 1957: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Sona Lake Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (0 fatalities)
• August 21, 1957: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Asunción Distrito Capital, Paraguay (2 fatalities)
• June 16, 1957: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kikori Gulf, Papua New Guinea (0 fatalities)
• June 4, 1957: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Chamela Jalisco, Mexico (1 fatality)
• March 13, 1957: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Natagaima Tolima, Colombia (12 fatalities)
• December 8, 1956: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Cáqueza Cundinamarca, Colombia (14 fatalities)
• July 12, 1956: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Marabá Pará, Brazil (1 fatality)
• April 18, 1956: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Parintins Amazonas, Brazil (3 fatalities)
• December 22, 1955: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kyleakin Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom (1 fatality)
• January 31, 1955: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, La Pedrera Amazonas, Colombia (5 fatalities)
• September 29, 1954: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Belém Pará, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• May 13, 1954: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Marabá Pará, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• March 28, 1954: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Bjørnøya Island Svalbard, Norway (8 fatalities)
• December 31, 1953: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
• October 31, 1953: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Marabá Pará, Brazil (4 fatalities)
• July 7, 1953: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Louisiana Louisiana, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 5, 1953: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Picinguaba São Paulo, Brazil (0 fatalities)
• December 19, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Dahr Ain el Abid Mount Lebanon Governorate (Jabal Lubnan), Lebanon (1 fatality)
• November 11, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Agana-Harmon Field AFB, Guam Island (3 fatalities)
• October 28, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Biak Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• July 11, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lake Washington Washington, United States (3 fatalities)
• June 16, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Baltic Sea, World (0 fatalities)
• May 18, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Cartwright Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada (3 fatalities)
• January 2, 1952: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, George Town, Cayman Islands (0 fatalities)
• October 11, 1951: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Conceição do Araguaia Pará, Brazil (4 fatalities)
• October 9, 1951: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Puerto Leguizamo Putumayo, Colombia (1 fatality)
• August 23, 1951: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Atlanta Georgia, United States (8 fatalities)
• January 23, 1951: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Papendrecht South Holland, Netherlands (0 fatalities)
• December 28, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Serui (Yapen Island) Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (3 fatalities)
• December 12, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Apia-Faleolo, Samoa Islands, Samoa Islands (Western Samoa) (7 fatalities)
• August 26, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Quonset Point NAS Rhode Island, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 3, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Guajara Pará, Brazil (2 fatalities)
• June 26, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Moscow Moscow oblast, Russia (2 fatalities)
• May 7, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Georgetown Queensland, Australia (6 fatalities)
• April 9, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kingston Kingston City District, Jamaica (0 fatalities)
• February 7, 1950: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Wellington Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand (0 fatalities)
• October 17, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Jaqué Darién, Panama (7 fatalities)
• September 30, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Iguape São Paulo, Brazil (3 fatalities)
• July 22, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Agadir Souss-Massa-Drâa, Morocco (17 fatalities)
• June 19, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Luperón Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (4 fatalities)
• May 15, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Detroit Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
• March 27, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (0 fatalities)
• February 5, 1949: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Buenaventura Valle del Cauca, Colombia (5 fatalities)
• December 29, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Jambi Jambi, Indonesia (2 fatalities)
• September 28, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Lord Howe Island New South Wales, Australia (7 fatalities)
• September 6, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Mt Førdesveten Hordaland, Norway (13 fatalities)
• July 17, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Macau Macau, China (25 fatalities)
• July 15, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Puerto Cabello Carabobo, Venezuela (0 fatalities)
• May 9, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Long Island Long Island, Bahamas (12 fatalities)
• January 10, 1948: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Madrid AFB Cundinamarca, Colombia (0 fatalities)
• December 16, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Norfolk Virginia, United States (6 fatalities)
• November 19, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Porto de Moz Pará, Brazil (16 fatalities)
• August 6, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pacific Ocean, World (20 fatalities)
• August 5, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Svolvaer (Lofoten Islands) Nordland, Norway (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Mt Richter Oregon, United States (4 fatalities)
• January 26, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Gilimanuk Bali, Indonesia (1 fatality)
• January 22, 1947: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Santa Rosa Island Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• December 20, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Buenaventura Valle del Cauca, Colombia (1 fatality)
• October 13, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Wundi Island Special Region of Papua, Indonesia (0 fatalities)
• October 7, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Corpus Christi NAS Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 27, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 16, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Granite Falls Washington, United States (7 fatalities)
• August 16, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands (0 fatalities)
• August 7, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Point Arena California, United States (6 fatalities)
• July 8, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Alta Finnmark, Norway (3 fatalities)
• June 3, 1946: Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, Pensacola Florida, United States (2 fatalities)