Relatório Flight Safety Foundation

A Flight Safety Foundation é uma organização internacional cujo objectivo é melhorar a segurança no transporte aéreo . Nesse sentido , promove a análise e discussão dos acidentes ocorridos no sentido de procurar as suas causas e fazer recomendações para os evitar , no futuro . Aqui fica o resumo do relatório da FSF sobre o acidente do Yankee Clipper em Lisboa .

Accident description
Status:Final
Date:22 FEB 1943
Time:18:47 UTC
Type:Boeing 314A
Operator:Pan American World Airways
Registration:NC18603
C/n / msn:990
First flight:1939
Total airframe hrs:8505
Engines:4 Wright 332C-14AB1
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12
Passengers:Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 27
Total:Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 39
Airplane damage:Written off
Airplane fate:Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Lisboa (Portugal)
Phase:Approach (APR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Horta Airport (HOR/LPHR), Portugal
Destination airport:Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal

Narrative: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."
Sources: » CAB File No. 2143-43
Statistics
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