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Operator

Pan Am accidents and incidents

Occurrences where an aircraft's operator is Pan Am. Spellings and company suffixes are merged.

4 records from 1938 to 1973, 3 of them fatal. Most often a Boeing 707; most often in American Samoa.

Leaves out 2 unreviewed and minor records. Include them

Occurrences42 accidents · 1 incidents · 3 mapped
Fatal occurrences3Fatality total known for 4 of 4
Reported fatalities51Plus 1 serious injuries reported
Years1938–197311 Jan 1938 – 17 Dec 1973

By year

Pan Am: occurrences by year
YearOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
19381 occurrences in 1938, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1938 (1).17
19391 occurrences in 1939, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1938 (1).114
19681 occurrences in 1968, 0 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1938 (1).00
19731 occurrences in 1973, 1 fatal. The bar is scaled to 1938 (1).130

Aircraft types

Pan Am: most common aircraft types
Aircraft typeOccurrencesFatal occurrencesFatalities
Boeing 7072130
Sikorsky S-42117
Sikorsky S-431114

Countries

Pan Am: countries
CountryOccurrencesShareFatal occurrencesFatalities
American SamoaAmerican Samoa: 1 occurrences, 25.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row.25.0%17
BrazilBrazil: 1 occurrences, 25.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (American Samoa, 1).25.0%114
ItalyItaly: 1 occurrences, 25.0% of the occurrences shown. 1 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (American Samoa, 1).25.0%130
United StatesUnited States: 1 occurrences, 25.0% of the occurrences shown. 0 were fatal. The bar is scaled to the largest row (American Samoa, 1).25.0%00

Deadliest occurrences

Pan Am: deadliest occurrences
OccurrenceDateTotal fatalitiesLocationAircraft
1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking17 Dec 197330Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport1
1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash13 Aug 193914Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil1
Samoan Clipper11 Jan 19387Pago Pago, American Samoa1

All occurrences

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  1. 1973 Rome airport attacks and hijacking

    17 Dec 1973 · Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino International Airport · 30 fatal

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  2. Pan Am Flight 281

    24 Nov 1968 · United States and Cuba · not on the map

  3. 1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash

    13 Aug 1939 · Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 14 fatal

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  4. Samoan Clipper

    11 Jan 1938 · Pago Pago, American Samoa · 7 fatal

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