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| Date: | Saturday 31 December 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sikorsky S-38B |
| Owner/operator: | Panair do Brasil |
| Registration: | PP-PAM |
| MSN: | 214-06 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rio Branco, Acre -
 Brazil
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
EX-NC75K (US Registry). To PP-PAM in 1935. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crashed in unknown circumstances at Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. Occupant fate unknown as well. The exact date of the accident remains unknown, other than it was between 1/1/38 and 31/12/38 (=some time in 1938)
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
2. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-sikorsky-s-38b-rio-branco
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_PP-.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jun-2010 05:08 | penguin832 | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 19-Aug-2012 06:28 | jsilveirajunior | Updated [Date, Phase, Nature, Damage, ] |
| 07-Jun-2015 15:27 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jul-2015 17:29 | TB | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2019 17:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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