LAX79IA092

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747 · Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · September 30, 1979

Incident · FatalClosed
Date
September 30, 1979
Place
Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
Injuries
1 fatal, 316 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N750PABoeing 747
Status
Completed · report December 27, 1979
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
132875

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0017  79/9/30    PACIFIC OCEAN       BOEING 747          CR-  1  0 16  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1600                    N750PA              PX-  0  0300                            59, 26195 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HONOLULU,HI                 LOS ANGELES,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK

Aircraft

Registration
N750PA
Reported as
Boeing 747
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
No 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.

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