# NTSB DCA74RZ019: Boeing 707, N446PA, Bali, Indonesia, April 22, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 22, 1974
- Place: Bali, Indonesia · BALI, Indonesia
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 107 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA74RZ019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA74RZ019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0047  74/4/22    BALI,INDONESIA      BOEING 707          CR- 11  0  0  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1526                    N446PA              PX- 96  0  0                            52, 18247 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            7192 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          HONGKONG                    SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA             BALI,INDONESIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-PREMATURE PT OUTBD BASED ON ONLY 1 ADF INDCN
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- OTR ADF INDCD STEADY COND.RPRTD BY GOVT OF INDO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N446PA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N446PA-1975-05-09), registration cancelled 1975-05-09, S/N 19268, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-321C](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-321c) (registry code 138367B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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