Date & Time:
May 10, 1946
Type of aircraft:
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
Operator:
Registration:
59721
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pensacola - Pensacola
MSN:
59721
YOM:
1943
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
10
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
Engaged in an exercise, the aircraft collided in flight with another USN Privateer registered 59437 and carrying 13 crew members. The collision occurred in unknown circumstances and both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded area located in Munson, some 35 miles northeast of Pensacola. All 23 crew members in both aircraft were killed.
