04468 — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

August 20, 1942Accident
The crew was engaged in a training exercise in the region of Colón. While descending to the Manzanillo Bay, off Coco Solo NAS, the crew turned on the approach lights, and with engines half throttle, come in for landing in a almost normal attitude when the seaplane impacted the water surface, came to a halt and sank.
Consolidated PBY Catalina · 7 fatalities
It is believed that the pilot misjudged the distance between the aircraft and the water surface due to the glassy water surface that probably caused an optical illusion and wrong distance indication to the crew, favored by the approach lights. Full accident record