Narrative:
Crashed while attempting to land when the left wingtip of the aircraft contacted the water of the River Tagus during a descending turn.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing."
accident date: 22-02-1943
type: Boeing 314A
registration: NC18603
accident date: 22-02-1943
type: Boeing 314A
registration: NC18603
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Monday 22 February 1943 |
| Time: | 18:47 UTC |
| Type: | Boeing 314A |
| Operator: | Pan American Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | NC18603 |
| MSN: | 1990 |
| First flight: | 1939 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8505 |
| Engines: | 4 Wright R-2600-3 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Lisboa ( Portugal)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Horta Airport, Azores (HOR/LPHR), Portugal |
| Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base, Portugal |
Crashed while attempting to land when the left wingtip of the aircraft contacted the water of the River Tagus during a descending turn.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing."
Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Water
Sources:
» CAB File No. 2143-43Photos
accident date: 22-02-1943
type: Boeing 314A
registration: NC18603
accident date: 22-02-1943
type: Boeing 314A
registration: NC18603
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Distance from Horta Airport, Azores to Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 1690 km (1056 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Horta Airport, Azores to Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base as the crow flies is 1690 km (1056 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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