Montreal – Godthab – Keflavik – Prestwick – Karachi

On December 22, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Montreal – Godthab – Keflavik – Prestwick – Karachi experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Spartan Air Services, with the event recorded near Kyleakin Ross and Cromarty.

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.7%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a flight from Montreal to Karachi, the aircraft being delivered to the Pakistan government. While approaching the Scottish coast, both engines failed. The captain attempted to ditch the aircraft off Kyleake. On touchdown, the seaplane lost its floats, drifted away and eventually sank. Five crew members were rescued while the navigator was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CF-EPX.