Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 AUG 1942 |
| Type: | Lockheed 14-WF62 Super Electra |
| Operator: | KLM West-Indisch Bedrijf |
| Registration: | PJ-AIP |
| C/n / msn: | 1410 |
| First flight: | 1938 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) from Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS) (Trinidad and Tobago)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS/TTPP), Trinidad and Tobago |
| Curaçao-Hato International Airport (CUR/TNCC), Netherlands Antilles |
Crashed shortly after takeoff.
Sources:
» 22.08.1942 PJ-AIP Lockheed 14F-62 Super Electra "Parkiet" / H. Dekker
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Port of Spain-Piarco Airport to Curaçao-Hato International Airport as the crow flies is 845 km (528 miles).
Distance from Port of Spain-Piarco Airport to Curaçao-Hato International Airport as the crow flies is 845 km (528 miles).
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.
