# NTSB MIA67I0039: Boeing 707, N781PA, Nnassau, Burkina Faso, September 26, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 26, 1966
- Place: Nnassau, Burkina Faso · NNASSAU, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 71 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 4, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67I0039
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67I0039

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N781PA-1974-11-22), registration cancelled 1974-11-22, S/N 18036 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 720-023B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-720-023b) (registry code 1383841) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage

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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