| Date: | Tuesday 24 September 1946 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-049 Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | NC88831 |
| MSN: | 2031 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1946 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 36 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Shannon Airport (SNN) -
 Ireland
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
| Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN) |
The Constellation landed at Shannon. As the captain called for 'flaps up' the co-pilot inadvertently raised the landing gear. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair as a result.
Sources:
Piston Engine Airliner Production List / A.B. Eastwood, J. Roach, 1996
Ellensburg Daily Record - Sep 24, 1946
Location
Images:
photo (c) Richard Ruschelau; Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN); 24 September 1946
photo (c) Richard Ruschelau; Shannon Airport (SNN/EINN); 24 September 1946
photo (c) anon; Shannon Airport (SNN); 24 September 1946
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