- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 11, 1938 |
Time: | 0803 |
Location: | Pago Pago, U.S. Samoa |
Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
Flight #: | 1 |
Route: | Oakland - Honolulu - Kingman Reef - Pago Pago - Auckland |
AC Type: | Sikorsky S-42 (flying boat) |
Registration: | NC16734 |
cn / ln: | 4207 |
Aboard: | 7 (passengers:0 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 7 (passengers:0 crew:7) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft exploded in mid-air as the crew attempted to dump fuel for an emergency landing at Pago Pago. Neither the plane or seven crew members were ever found. The aircraft was named "Samoan Clipper." Pan American's first and chief pilot, Captain Edwin C. Musick, killed. |
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