59232

On October 31, 1955 at 12:00 AM, 59232 experienced a crash involving Martin PBM Mariner, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Colón Colón.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 93.8%.

Crew on board: 16, crew fatalities: 15, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While taking off from the Colón-Coco Solo NAS, the aircraft suffered a right engine failure, lost speed and height and eventually burst into flames while hitting a concrete pier. A crewman survived while 15 others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59232, MSN 59232, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 9.2686°, -79.9120°.