- Date
- September 21, 1988, 04:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Injuries
- 10 minor, 221 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9674Boeing 747-100
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880921069749A
- Case key
- 36025
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Probable cause
Incident that led to the death of the passenger in row #6 was apparently not related to turbulence, because the passenger died of choking two hours after the turbulence encounter.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
At approximately 0400 hours e.d.t. pan American flight #201 from new york to rio de janeiro encountered turbulence at flight level 370 in the vicinity of Georgetown, guyana. Several passengers at row 50 received injuries. The fasten seat belt sign was on at the time and the captain had announced the illumination of the sign over the pa system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9674
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-100
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT9D, 40,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Pan American Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- JFK · New York, NY
- Destination
- RIO · Rio Dr Janeiro
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.