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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1931 |
| Time: | forenoon |
| Type: | Sikorsky PS-3 |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | A-8286 |
| MSN: | 214-9 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | David, PAN -
 Panama
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | David |
| Belize |
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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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