Pensacola - Pensacola

On May 10, 1946 at 12:00 AM, Pensacola - Pensacola experienced a crash involving Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Munson Florida.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

13 people were known to be on board, 13 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 13, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Engaged in an exercise, the aircraft collided in flight with another USN Privateer registered 59721 and carrying 10 crew members. The collision occurred in unknown circumstances and both aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a wooded area located in Munson, some 35 miles northeast of Pensacola. All 23 crew members in both aircraft were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 59437, MSN 59437, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.8577°, -86.8730°.