- Date
- June 13, 1968
- Place
- Calcutta, India · CALCUTTA, India
- Injuries
- 6 fatal, 10 serious, 25 minor, 22 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N798PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0062 68/6/13 CALCUTTA,INDIA BOEING 707 CR- 1 1 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0058 N798PA PX- 5 9 39 45, 5392 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2475 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUM DUM OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF CALCUTTA,INDIA BANGKOK,THAILAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND RPTD BY THE GOVT OF INDIA.DSCNDD BLO DH,FLAPS EXTDD 50DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N798PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dum Dum