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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-42
    Latest Model:S-42B
    Construction Number:4209
    Last Civil Registration:NC16736
    Compressed ID:Sikorsky S-42B cn 4209 cr NC16736
    Latest Owner or Location:Pan American Airways (Pan AM)

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1937

    Constructed as a S-42B.
    Sikorsky S-42-B 4209

    6 January 1941

    To Pan American Airways Co, New York, NY with new c/r N16736.

    By 27 July 1943

    To Pan American Airways (Pan AM) with new c/r NC16736 (Sikorsky S-42B, 4209).

    27 July 1943

    Written off.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a passenger flight. The accident occurred at Manaus, AM (Brazil) while standing. Narrative: The Bermuda Clipper was fully loaded, with passengers and crew, ready for departure from Manaus, Brazil. A fire developed in the carburetor of the No. 1 engine. The pilot directed the flight mechanic to pull the fire extinguisher handle. The mechanic pulled the fuel dump handle by mistake. Flaming gas fell from the carburetor onto the gas on the water, igniting it, and causing the loss of the plane...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    9 October 1943

    Civil registration, N16736, cancelled.
    Destroyed.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Dinner Key, Miami, FL.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Dinner Key, Miami, FL.
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