# NTSB LAX64A0016: Boeing 707, N705PA, Los Angeles, CA, September 10, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 10, 1963
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 81 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108405
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX64A0016
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX64A0016

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0039  63/9/10    LOS ANGELES,CALIF   BOEING 707          CR-  0  0 12  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1115                    N705PA              PX-  0  0 69                            45, 17312 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1531 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- RT WG TIP STRUCK TAIL OF PARKED BOEING 377PG,N1024V,SUBSTL DAMAGE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N705PA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N705PA-1981-05-20), registration cancelled 1981-05-20, S/N 17686 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-331](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331) (registry code 138365H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Los Angeles Intl

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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