ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26658
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 1928 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: | Fokker/Atlantic F.VIIb/3m |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | NC53 |
| MSN: | 4/704 (C-2) |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Egmont Key, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Havanna |
| Key West, FL | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
"General Machado" ditched into Gulf of Mexico after getting lost and running out of fuel due to bad weather. Occupants rescued by steamer "Liogonier".
Note: originally built as a Fokker/Atlantic F.VIIa/3m for Colonial Air Transport, but not accepted. Refurbished to a "C-2 Tri-motor" and sold to Pan American on 19 AUG 27.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N.html
https://www.panam.org/images/Stories/FirstCrash/Pan-Ams-First-Crash.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Mar-2011 15:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2011 16:13 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Mar-2021 14:40 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2022 14:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2022 15:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative] |
| 13-Mar-2022 15:18 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2024 21:05 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2024 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
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