Pan Am Flight 845/26 was a four-engined Boeing 377 Stratocruiser named Clipper United States and registered as N1032V. It departed Portland International Airport in Oregon on a flight to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii on March 26, 1955. The aircraft was en route and about 35 miles (56 km) off the Oregon coast when at 11:12 Pacific Standard Time the No. 3 engine and propeller tore loose from the wing causing a loss of control. The aircraft was ditched.
Dates
edit- March 26, 1955 - Crash
- July 29, 1955 - CAA airworthiness directive
- November 9, 1955 - CAA Report
References Collected
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editNeed Portland or Seattle newspaper sources, otherwise it is all AP
References
edit- ^ "Accident Investigation Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc., Off the Coast of Oregon in the Pacific Ocean, March 26, 1955". Civil Aeronautics Board. 9 November 1955. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 N1032V Oregon, USA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 August 2019.