Y-63

On March 8, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Y-63 experienced a crash involving Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, operated by Royal Netherlands Navy - Marineluchtvaartdienst, with the event recorded near Indonesia All Indonesia.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While on a maritime patrol flight, the seaplane was shot down by the pilot of a Japanese Nakajima Ki-27. The crew was forced to reduce his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing onto the sea. While the aircraft sunk, all occupants survived.

Aircraft reference details include registration Y-63, MSN 358, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -6.1831°, 106.8354°.