# NTSB MIA66S0007: Boeing 707, N710PA, Merida, Mexico, April 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1965
- Place: Merida, Mexico · MERIDA, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 100 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179744
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA66S0007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA66S0007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0048  65/4/23    MERIDA MEXICO       BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0936                    N710PA              PX-  0  0 93                            48, 16005 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            265 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERIDA
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N710PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Merida

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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