| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 08, 1945 |
| Time: | 2116 |
| Location: | Port of Spain, Trinidad |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Flight #: | 161 |
| Route: | Miami - Leopoldville |
| AC Type: | Martin M-130 (flying boat) |
| Registration: | NC14716 |
| cn / ln: | 558 |
| Aboard: | 30 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed 1.25 miles short of the intended landing area in a nose-down attitude at too great a speed and broke up in the water. The first officer's failure to realize his proximity to the water and to correct his attitude for a normal landing and the lack of adequate supervision by the captain during the landing, resulting in the inadvertent flight into the water in excess of normal landing speed and in a nose-down attitude. The aircraft was named China Clipper. |
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