Las Vegas - El Paso

On February 6, 1975 at 09:30 PM, Las Vegas - El Paso experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Wikieup Arizona.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a desert crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Las Vegas to El Paso, while in cruising altitude, both engines lost power. The crew elected to make an emergency landing when control was lost. The airplane crashed in flames near Wikieup and was destroyed. All three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5588W, MSN 920, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.7033°, -113.6114°.