# NTSB SEA73DYG06: Convair PB4Y-2, N6816D, Wenatchee, WA, July 27, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 27, 1972
- Place: Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168075
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA73DYG06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA73DYG06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2798  72/7/27    WENATCHEE,WASH      CONVAIR PB4Y-2      CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 10600
        TIME - 1818                    N6816D              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGBORN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WENATCHEE,WASH              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- FLAMES DESTROYED AFT SECTION OF FUSELAGE FORWARD OF TAIL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6816D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6816D-1977-12-20), registration cancelled 1977-12-20, S/N 59905 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR PB4Y-2
- Registry model: [Consolidated Vultee P4Y-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/consolidated-vultee-p4y-2) (registry code 2421102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pangborn

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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