- Date
- February 7, 1969
- Place
- So.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · SO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 8 minor, 74 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N414PABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191464
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0059 69/2/7 SO.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0426 N414PA PX- 0 1 72 UNK/NR, 20117 TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4317 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONG KONG,CHINA SYDNEY,AUSTRALIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PENETRATED TOP OF CB CLOUD FLYING IN STRATUS LAYER.RADAR DIDNT SHOW CB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N414PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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