- Date
- November 3, 1973
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N458PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0026 73/11/3 BOSTON,MASS BOEING 707 CR- 3 0 0 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0939 N458PA PX- 0 0 0 53, 16477 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 5824 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGAN INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW YORK,NY FRANKFURT,GERMANY PRESTWICK,SCOTLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-SPONT CHEM REACTION,IMPROPERLY PACKAGED CARGO MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNCOORDINATED DEACTIVATION OF ESSENTIAL POWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N458PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logan Intl
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