84787

On December 26, 1952 at 12:00 AM, 84787 experienced a crash involving Martin PBM Mariner, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Japan Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While completing a maritime patrol flight over the Japan Sea, the crew encountered problem with an engine that caught fire in flight. The pilot-in-command elected to ditch the aircraft that eventually crashed into the sea about 160 km off Wonsan, North Korea. Ten crew members were killed while four others were rescued. Crew: Lt Dale Anderson, † Lt Wayne Eugene Bancroft, † Ens Donald E. McKinney, Ad1 George E. Haigh Jr., † Al2 John A. James, † Ac2 Rufus L. Mounce, † Al3 Robert L. Newman, † Ad3 Joseph O. Smith, Ad3 Robert W. Stapleton, At3 Max E. Studer, Am3 William D. Wynn, † AN Ernest N. Franklin, † Aoan Frederick C. Lynch, † Aoan Clinton B. Macklin. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 84787, MSN 84787, year of manufacture 1945.