| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1952 |
| Time: | 04:40 |
| Type: | 
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | N1039V |
| MSN: | 15939/12 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6944 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-B6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 50 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 450 km SW of Carolina, MA -
 Brazil
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport, RJ (GIG/SBGL) |
| Destination airport: | Port of Spain-Piarco Airport (POS/TTPP) |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Flight 202 originated at Buenos Aires, destination New York, with en route stops scheduled at Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Port of Spain, Trinidad. The flight departed Buenos Aires 18:52 UTC. After a scheduled stop at Montevideo the flight arrived at Rio de Janeiro at 01:05, April 29. The flight departed Rio de Janeiro at 02:43 for a direct off-airways flight to Port of Spain. At 06:16 the flight reported abeam of Barreiras, flying at 14,500 feet under VFR conditions and estimating abeam of Carolina, Brazil, at 07:45 UTC. This was the last known message from the flight. The aircraft was later found to have crashed in dense jungle.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The separation of the no.2 engine and propeller from the aircraft due to highly unbalanced forces, followed by uncontrollability and disintegration of the aircraft for reasons undetermined."
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Report number: | final report |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
| Download report: |  Final report |
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0080
ICAO Circular 38-AN/33 (64-72)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 July 1952 |
N1030V |
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
1 |
off Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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min |
Statistics
- 4th worst accident in 1952
- worst accident of this aircraft type
- worst accident of this aircraft type at the time
Location
Images:
photo (c) Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB); 450 km SW of Carolina, MA; May 1952; (publicdomain)
photo (c) Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB); 450 km SW of Carolina, MA; May 1952; (publicdomain)
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