- Date
- February 7, 1971
- Place
- Wilmington, NC · WILMINGTON, NC
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 24 minor, 274 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N750PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 71/2/7 NR.WILMINGTON,NC BOEING 747 CR- 0 2 15 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1630 N750PA PX- 0 2283 57, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 370 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEGO BAY,BWI JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- VALID SIGMETS IMPLIED SEVERE TURB. CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF TSTM AREA WAS POSSIBLE TO EAST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N750PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
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