# NTSB FTW64A0016: Douglas DC-7C, N5906, Panama Cty, St. Pierre & Miquelon, August 15, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1963
- Place: Panama Cty, St. Pierre & Miquelon · PANAMA CTY, Panama
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 52 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW64A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW64A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0077  63/8/15    PANAMA CTY,PANAMA   DOUGLAS DC-7C       CR-  0  0  8  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0203                    N5906               PX-  0  0 44                            44, 22000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            5537 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TOCUMEN NATL
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF PANAMA. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5906](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5906-2013-02-01), registration cancelled 2013-02-01, S/N 45074, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-7C
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-7C](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-7c) (registry code 3021806) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Wright TC18EA series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-tc18ea-series) (registry code 67038, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Tocumen Natl

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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