Aircraft Photo of NX88892 | Douglas C54B-DC | Pan American World Airways - PAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NX88892
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C54B-DC
C/n (msn):	10439
Operator Titles:	Pan American World Airways - PAA

Location
City / Airport:	San Francisco - InternationalMap
Region / Country:	California, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KSFO IATA: SFO Local: SFO Other: -

Photo Date:	August 1946 to September 1946
Photo from:	Andy Anderson Collection
Photo ID:	570887

Photo Comment
Very rare photo of ex USAAF 42-72334, which was converted by Douglas to C54B-DC, and delivered to Pan Am as NX88892 in August 1946. For some reason the aircraft was registered with the NX prefix, denoting "experimental". It was reportedly never taken in service and remained unnamed (note it only carries the word "Clipper", without an actual name). Instead it went to Avianca Colombia as C-114 in September 1946, but on February 15, 1947 the aircraft crashed into Mount El Tablazo en-route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, killing all 53 people on board - which at the time, was the worst commercial airline crash in history. This photo was added on 11 May 2023, and has since been viewed 486 times.

Photo Comment

Very rare photo of ex USAAF 42-72334, which was converted by Douglas to C54B-DC, and delivered to Pan Am as NX88892 in August 1946. For some reason the aircraft was registered with the NX prefix, denoting "experimental". It was reportedly never taken in service and remained unnamed (note it only carries the word "Clipper", without an actual name). Instead it went to Avianca Colombia as C-114 in September 1946, but on February 15, 1947 the aircraft crashed into Mount El Tablazo en-route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, killing all 53 people on board - which at the time, was the worst commercial airline crash in history.

This photo was added on 11 May 2023, and has since been viewed 486 times.

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