# NTSB SIR72I7102: Boeing 747, N652PA, Sydney, American Samoa, July 18, 1971

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 18, 1971
- Place: Sydney, American Samoa · SYDNEY, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 284 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 5, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163598
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SIR72I7102
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SIR72I7102

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0055  71/7/18    SYDNEY,AUST         BOEING 747          CR-  0  0 15  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0912                    N652PA              PX-  0  0269                            52, 26055 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            532 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGSFORD-SMITH
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          NADI                        SYDNEY,AUST
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF AUSTRALIA
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N652PA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Kingsford-Smith

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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