- Date
- December 8, 1963
- Place
- Elkton, MD · ELKTON, MD
- Injuries
- 81 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N709PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189690
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0015 63/12/8 NR.ELKTON,MD BOEING 707 CR- 8 0 0 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2059 N709PA PX- 73 0 0 45, 17049 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2890 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION LIGHTNING STRIKE IN FLIGHT: HOLDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: HOLDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LIGHTNING STRIKE AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 4400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 260 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- LTNG-INDUCED IGNITION OF FUEL/AIR MIXT,NO.1 RES TANK,WITH EXPLOSIVE DISINTEGRATION OF LT OUTER WG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N709PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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