- Date
- September 15, 1975
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 168 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N735PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0023 75/9/15 NR.SAN JUAN,PR BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0230 N735PA PX- 0 1150 59, 27949 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3553 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RIO D JANIERO,BRAZIL JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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- ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE,PASSENGER LEFT LAVATORY THROWN TO FLOOR.LEFT LEG FRACTURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N735PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage