Accident Sikorsky PS-3 A-8286,
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Date:Wednesday 16 September 1931
Time:forenoon
Type:Sikorsky PS-3
Owner/operator:United States Navy (USN)
Registration: A-8286
MSN: 214-9
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: David, PAN -   Panama
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:David
Destination airport:Belize
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
USN amphibian plane carrying medical supplies for Belize crashed and burned.

Sources:

Daily Advertiser 18 September 1931, p1
https://media.defense.gov/2011/Apr/21/2001330186/-1/-1/0/AFD-110421-005.pdf
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/listPages/navy/asp/USN_1931.asp

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Oct-2019 16:38 TB Added
01-Oct-2019 16:42 TB Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative]
29-Apr-2020 17:41 TB Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport]
11-May-2021 16:47 Cobar Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source]
05-Aug-2022 17:58 Cobar Updated [Registration, Cn, Source]
24-Sep-2023 19:20 Ron Averes Updated [[Registration, Cn, Source]]

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