NYC75IN007

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747 · Sydney, American Samoa · July 18, 1974

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 18, 1974
Place
Sydney, American Samoa · SYDNEY, Australia
Injuries
93 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N732PABoeing 747
Status
Completed · report September 6, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
132602

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0015  74/7/18    SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA    BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 17  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1808                    N732PA              PX-  0  0 76                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FIJI ISLAND                 SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        REMARKS- INCIDENT INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT.

Aircraft

Registration
N732PA
Reported as
Boeing 747
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Kingsford Smith