Aircraft type safety record

CAT — accident and safety record

Every recorded CAT accident and incident from public aviation safety datasets (1950–2025).

OCCURRENCES80
FATAL54
HULL LOSSES12

CAT safety overview

Most affected: CA (11), US (8), FR (5), CO (5), BR (5)

Top operators: Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) (10), Royal Netherlands Navy - Marineluchtvaartdienst (MLD) (4), United States Navy - USN (3), Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA Colombia (3), United States Coast Guard - USCG (2)

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CAT occurrences (1–50 of 80)

  • 2025-10-31 — PBY LLC (incident)
  • 2015-07-03 — Flying Fireman (incident)
  • 1998-07-27 — Plane Sailing (2 fatal)
  • 1994-07-08 — Erickson Group, Ltd. (incident)
  • 1994-01-15 — The Catalina Company — N5404J (incident)
  • 1989-05-21 — Enrico Recchi — N285NJ (2 fatal)
  • 1989-05-21 — Enrico Recchi (2 fatal)
  • 1986-05-31 — Jonathan Seagull Holdings — C-FOWE (incident)
  • 1986-04-14 — Can-Air Services — C-FSAT (hull loss)
  • 1986-01-27 — Aeroservicio Parragué - ASPAR — CC-CCS (1 fatal)
  • 1986-01-27 — Aeroservicios Parrague (1 fatal)
  • 1985-07-29 — Aries Aire (2 fatal)
  • 1985-05-09 — Drilling Muds (1 fatal)
  • 1984-10-13 — Confederate Air Force (7 fatal)
  • 1981-07-12 — The Flying Fireman — C-GFFJ (hull loss)
  • 1980-12-19 — Government of Newfoundland and Labrador — C-FIGJ (incident)
  • 1979-06-28 — Philippe Cousteau — N101CS (1 fatal)
  • 1978-10-04 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6550 (12 fatal)
  • 1973-06-09 — Lineas Aéreas Interiores de Catalina — HK-1020 (1 fatal)
  • 1972-09-24 — Austin Airways — CF-AAD (hull loss)
  • 1972-04-13 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6514 (2 fatal)
  • 1971-09-03 — Field Aviation — CF-HTN (2 fatal)
  • 1968-08-08 — The Flying Fireman — CF-FFY (2 fatal)
  • 1968-02-08 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6521 (4 fatal)
  • 1967-12-22 — Peruvian Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Perú (20 fatal)
  • 1967-11-08 — Sécurité civile — F-ZBAQ (1 fatal)
  • 1966-11-26 — SATENA - Servicio de Aeronavegacion a Territorios Nacionales — FAC-621 (12 fatal)
  • 1966-10-19 — Cruzeiro do Sul — PP-PEC (4 fatal)
  • 1965-11-04 — Aeropesca Colombia — HK-811 (2 fatal)
  • 1965-09-04 — Aéronavale — 34039 (incident)
  • 1964-05-03 — Royal Danish Air Force - Flyvevåbnet — L-867 (incident)
  • 1964-01-29 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6508 (1 fatal)
  • 1963-08-10 — Royal Danish Air Force - Flyvevåbnet — L-865 (13 fatal)
  • 1962-04-26 — Trans Australia Airlines - TAA — VH-WWC (hull loss)
  • 1961-08-14 — Private United States of America — N10019 (hull loss)
  • 1961-07-08 — Nordair — CF-EMW (3 fatal)
  • 1961-06-15 — Chilean Air Force - Fuerza Aérea de Chile — 560 (6 fatal)
  • 1960-10 — Réseau Aérien Interinsulaire - RAI — F-OAYD (incident)
  • 1960-03-23 — Thomas Kendall — N5593V (incident)
  • 1960-03-15 — Agencia Interamericana de Aviación - AIDA Colombia — HK-1001E (6 fatal)
  • 1959-12-16 — California Aircraft Company — N64T (3 fatal)
  • 1959-03-10 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6513 (23 fatal)
  • 1958-09-08 — United States Forest Service - USFS (2 fatal)
  • 1958-07-06 — Cuban Air Force - Fuerza Aérea del Ejército de Cuba (1952-1961) (5 fatal)
  • 1958-03-12 — Brazilian Air Force - Força Aérea Brasileira (1941-) — 6517 (1 fatal)
  • 1958-02-19 — Réseau Aérien Interinsulaire - RAI — F-AOVV (15 fatal)
  • 1957-10-01 — Eastern Provincial Airways - EPA — CF-HFL (hull loss)
  • 1957-08-21 — TAM Paraguay - Transporte Aéreo Militar — ZP-CBB (2 fatal)
  • 1957-06-16 — World Wide Air Services — VH-WWB (incident)
  • 1957-06-04 — Mexican Navy - Armada de México — MP-54 (1 fatal)

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