NC16734 Samoan Clipper (foreground), moored at Auckland, New Zealand in 1937.
Accident
Date
January 11, 1938
Summary
In-flight explosion
Site
Pago Pago, American Samoa 14°8′20″S170°51′0″W / 14.13889°S 170.85000°W / -14.13889; -170.85000
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Sikorsky S-42B
Aircraft name
Samoan Clipper (formerly Pan American Clipper II)
Operator
Pan Am
Registration
NC16734
Flight origin
Honolulu, Hawaii
1st stopover
Kingman Reef
2nd stopover
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Destination
Auckland, New Zealand
Passengers
0
Crew
7
Fatalities
7
Survivors
0
Samoan Clipper was one of ten Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 flying boats. It exploded near Pago Pago, American Samoa, on January 11, 1938, while piloted by aviator Ed Musick. Musick and his crew of six died in the crash. The aircraft was carrying only airmail and express freight; no passengers were aboard.
The aircraft developed an oil leak shortly after taking off from Pago Pago harbor, and the crew decided to return to port. However, the S-42, fully loaded with fuel, was too heavy to land safely in the limited space of the harbor, so the crew elected to dump fuel before landing. While fuel dumping was in progress, there was a fire and explosion which destroyed the aircraft, killing all aboard.[1] The exact cause of ignition for the fire could not be determined.[2]
^Accident description for NC16734 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 6 October 2013.
^Aircraft accident report from Bureau of Air Commerce, 1 April 1938.
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