| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 13, 1939 |
| Time: | 1635 |
| Location: | Rio de Janerio, Brazil |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Miami - Rio de Janerio |
| AC Type: | Sikorsky S43 (flying boat) |
| Registration: | NC16933 |
| cn / ln: | 4316 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:12 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:10 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane lost power from the left engine, yawed to the left, and started a descending turn in the same direction. The plane continued to lose altitude and turn at a sharper and steeper angle until it struck a caisson anchored at right angles to a small island in the harbor immediately adjacent to its landing approach path. Loss of power from the left engine during the landing approach, necessitating an attempted landing under extremely hazardous conditions. |
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