# NTSB NYC66I0090: Boeing B-720B, N784PA, Merida, Mexico, February 18, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 18, 1966
- Place: Merida, Mexico · MERIDA, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 120 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 18, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172886
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC66I0090
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC66I0090

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0009  66/2/18    MERIDA MEXICO       BOEING B-720B       CR-  0  0  9  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 2207                    N784PA              PX-  0  0111                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MERIDA
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: ANIMALS                                   LANDING: ROLL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N784PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-720B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor 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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