# NTSB MIA75AM028: Boeing 747, N653PA, San Juan, PR, April 16, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 16, 1974
- Place: San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 13 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 21, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 186655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA75AM028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75AM028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0042  74/4/16    SAN JUAN,PR         BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 13  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1340                    N653PA              PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN JUAN,PR                 NEW YORK,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION/TRAINING OF RAMP CREWS
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- ACFT DOOR 4L IN AUTO MODE.OPENED FM INSIDE BY FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE DISPLACING OTR EMP FM HI-LIFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N653PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: San Juan 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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