Date: | Sunday 13 August 1939 |
Time: | 16:35 |
Type: | Sikorsky S-43B |
Owner/operator: | Pan American Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | NC16933 |
MSN: | 4324 |
Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
Total airframe hrs: | 3650 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1690-S1EG Hornet |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 1 km N off Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU) -
Brazil
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Vitória-Goiabeiras Airport, ES (VIX/SBVT) |
Destination airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont Airport, RJ (SDU/SBRJ) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Sikorsky S-43B flying boat was operating on an international service from Miami, FL to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with en route stops at Antilla, Port-au-Prince, San Pedro de Macorís, San Juan, Port of Spain, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Cayenne, Bélem, São Luís, Fortaleza, Natal, João Pessoa, Recife, Maceió, Aracaju, Salvador, Caravelas and Vitória.
The flight was circling Rio de Janeiro for a normal approach when the left engine lost power. The airplane yawed to the left and started a descending turn. The turn became sharper and the airplane descended at a steeper angle until it struck a caisson at Ilha das Cobras, in Guanabara Bay and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Loss of power from the left engine during landing approach necessitating an attempted landing under extremely hazardous conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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