- Date
- December 12, 1968
- Place
- Caracas, Venezuela · CARACAS, Venezuela
- Injuries
- 51 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N494PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0063 68/12/12 CARACAS,VENEZUELA BOEING 707 CR- 9 0 0 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2202 N494PA PX- 42 0 0 50, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 6737 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY CARACAS,VENEZUELA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY VENEZUELAN GOVT.PSBL VISUAL ILLUSION CAUSED BY TOWN LGTS ON UPSLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N494PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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