Sangley Point - Sangley Point

On August 7, 1952 at 12:00 AM, Sangley Point - Sangley Point experienced a crash involving Martin PBM Mariner, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Mt Mariveles Bataan.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The seaplane left Sangley Point AFB in the day on a maritime patrol flight. En route, following an engine failure, the crew contacted his base, cancelled the mission and elected to return to Sangley Point AFB. While flying back in poor weather conditions with one engine inoperative, the airplane hit the slope of Mt Mariveles located 53 km west of Manila. All 13 crew members were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 84774, MSN 84774, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.5285°, 120.4815°.