Crash of a Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina in Lake Gutierrez: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 27, 1986
Registration:
CC-CCS
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2043
YOM:
1944
Flight number:
Tanker 34
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Engaged in a fire fighting mission, Tanker 34 was completing a scoop procedure in Lake Gutierrez when it struck an obstacle floating on water, maybe a tree trunk. The airplane came to rest and sak. A pilot was rescued while the second was killed.
