- Date
- November 4, 1970
- Place
- Nantucket, MA · NANTUCKET, MA
- Injuries
- 7 serious, 16 minor, 140 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N739PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79536
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0001 70/11/4 NR.NANTUCKET,MASS BOEING 747 CR- 0 1 14 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2146 N739PA PX- 0 6142 UNK/NR, 16145 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 511 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY PARIS,FRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CLBG THRU 28000FT ENCTRD SVR TURBC.NUMEROUS OCCUPANTS WERE UNSECURED BY SEATBELTS.ACFT RTRND JFK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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