Sangley Point - Sangley Point

On July 30, 1953 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 South China 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.

15 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 15, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route, while completing a maritime patrol flight over the South China Sea, the crew informed ground that the left engine caught fire and elected to return for an emergency landing. Shortly later, the seaplane crashed into the sea about 150 km west of Laoag, Philippines. Five crew members were rescued by the crew of a USCG Catalina while ten other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 84760, MSN 84760, year of manufacture 1945.