- Date
- December 5, 1970
- Place
- Atlantic City, NJ · ATLANTIC CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N460PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0076 70/12/5 ATLANTIC CITY,NJ BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 4 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0730 N460PA PX- 0 0 0 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 - ATLANTIC CITY OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: FLIGHT CONTROL BOOST SYSTEMS, HYDRAULIC MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LUGS BROKEN OFF AT RUDDER BOOST ATTACH FITTING,P/N 65-5937-8,DUE STRESS CORROSION. LND AT JFK OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N460PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Atlantic City