Accident Boeing 314A NC18603, Monday 22 February 1943

Date:	Monday 22 February 1943
Time:	18:47
Type:	Boeing 314A
Owner/operator:	Pan American Airways (Pan Am)
Registration:	NC18603
MSN:	1990
Year of manufacture:	1939
Total airframe hrs:	8505 hours
Engine model:	Wright R-2600-3
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 39
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Lisboa - Portugal
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Horta Airport, Azores (HOR/LPHR)
Destination airport:	Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boat crashed into the water while on approach to Lisboa-Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base, Portugal, killing 24 occupants; 15 survived the accident.

The aircraft 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."

Accident investigation: