- Date
- September 26, 1966
- Place
- Nnassau, Burkina Faso · NNASSAU, Bahamas
- Injuries
- 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N781PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 4, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120522
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0033 66/9/26 NNASSAU BAHAMAS BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1250 N781PA PX- 0 0 65 46, 16780 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 2356 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FIRE IN NO.2 ENGINE.SHUTDOWN EFFECTED. SAFE RETURN MADE TO BASE. NO.2 PYLON DAMAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N781PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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