- Date
- March 8, 1972
- Place
- London, United Kingdom · LONDON, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 248 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0050 72/3/8 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N797PA PX- 0 0 27 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0213 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF UK.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0050 72/3/8 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 16 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1115 N738PA PX- 0 0197 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 35 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,ENGLAND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH ON GROUND TAXI: TO TAKEOFF REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF UK.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N738PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N797PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N738PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.