Pan Am Flight 202
A Boeing 377 Stratocruiser operated by Pan American World Airways, similar to the aircraft lost in the accident. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 29, 1952 |
| Summary | Engine separation, in-flight breakup |
| Site | 281 nautical miles (520 km) SW of Carolina, Brazil 9°45′7.11″S 50°47′3.13″W / 9.7519750°S 50.7842028°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 |
| Aircraft name | Clipper Good Hope |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| Call sign | CLIPPER 202 |
| Registration | N1039V |
| Flight origin | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1st stopover | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 2nd stopover | Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport, Brazil |
| 3rd stopover | Port of Spain-Piarco Airport, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Destination | Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York City, United States |
| Occupants | 50 |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 50 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Pan American World Airways Flight 202 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that crashed in the Amazon Basin about 281 nautical miles (320 mi; 520 km) southwest of Carolina, Brazil, on April 29, 1952. The accident happened en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, during the third leg of a four-leg journey. All 50 people on board were killed in the deadliest-ever accident involving the Boeing 377.
The investigation took place under exceptionally unfavorable conditions, and the exact cause of the crash was not established. However, it was theorized based on an examination of the wreckage that an engine had separated in flight after propeller blade failure.