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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:PBY-5A Catalina
    Last Military Serial:64071 USN
    Construction Number:2141
    Last Civil Registration:N101CS
    Compressed ID:Consolidated PBY-5A sn 64071 USN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cousteau Society Inc, Los Angeles CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PBY-5A.
    Consolidated Vultee PBY-5A 64071

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 64071.

    Circa 1957

    To Leo J. Ace Demers/Ace Flying Services/Aurora Inc, Salem OR with new c/r N6457C.

    Operated as fire service #22.

    1962

    To Sonora Flying Service, Columbia CA keeping c/r N6457C.

    Operated as fire service #E49.

    From 1963 to 1968

    To Calypso Air Charters Inc, Miami FL keeping c/r N6457C.

    1968

    To Interport Inc with new c/r N48129.
    Delivered to Dominican Republic.

    From 1969 to 1970

    To Carl H. Jurgens, Dominican Republic keeping c/r N48129.

    From 1971 to 1974

    Withdrawn from use.
    In open storage, Fort Lauderdale FL.

    1972


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Ft.Lauderdale (FLL) in Florida

    26 August 1974

    To Jacques Cousteau/American Equipment Funding, Wilmington de with new c/r N101CS.

    Circa 1975


    Photographer: Dana A.Nichols
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    1976

    To Cousteau Society Inc, Los Angeles CA keeping c/r N101CS.

    28 June 1979

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There was one fatality. This was a testing flight. The accident occurred at off Alverca (Portugal) while landing. Narrative: The aircraft nosed over in the Rio Tejo (Tagus River) during a high speed taxi run after a water landing, to check the hull for leakage. The Catalina turned upside down, causing the fuselage to break behind the cockpit. The wing separated from the fuselage and the left engine broke off, penetrating the captains side of the cockpit. Philippe Cousteau, son of French explorer Jacques Cousteau, was killed in the accident...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    18 June 1981

    Civil registration, N101CS, cancelled.

    1992

    Wreckage to Museo do Ar, Alverca AB, Lisbon:.
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