- Date
- September 16, 1979
- Place
- Frankfort, Georgia · FRANKFORT, Germany
- Injuries
- 234 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N754PABoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790916023489I
- Case key
- 132873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0010 79/9/16 FRANKFORT,GERMANY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 16 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0825 N754PA PX- 0 0218 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKFORT OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRLINES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY FRANKFORT,GERMANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- ACFT FLOATED 10FT OFF GROUND BFR DROPPING IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N754PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Frankfort
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.