Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 22 FEB 1943 |
| Time: | 18:47 UTC |
| Type: | Boeing 314A |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | NC18603 |
| C/n / msn: | 1990 |
| First flight: | 1939 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8505 |
| Engines: | 4 Wright 332C-14AB1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 27 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 39 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Lisboa (Portugal)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Horta Airport (HOR/LPHR), Portugal |
| Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), 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: "An inadvertent contact of the left wing tip of the aircraft with the water while making a descending turn preparatory to landing." Sources:
» CAB File No. 2143-43
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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 Horta Airport to Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport as the crow flies is 1686 km (1054 miles).
Distance from Horta Airport to Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport as the crow flies is 1686 km (1054 miles).
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