| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 13, 1970 |
| Time: | 0600 |
| Location: | Faleolo, Western Samoa |
| Operator: | Polynesian Airlines |
| Flight #: | 208B |
| Route: | Apia, Western Samoa - Pago Pago, American Samoa |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | 5W-FAC |
| cn / ln: | 16964 |
| Aboard: | 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 32 (passengers:29 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into a lagoon 400 yards past the end of the runway, seconds after taking off after the plane pitched up and stalled. Windshear, precipitation and turbulence. |
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