- Date
- October 29, 1962
- Place
- La Pa, St. Barthélemy · LA PA, Bolivia
- Injuries
- 42 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51702Douglas DC-7B
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173330
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0071 62/10/29 LA PAZ,BOLIVIA DOUGLAS DC-7B CR- 0 0 6 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1508 N51702 PX- 0 0 36 44, 16350 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7995 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EL ALTO OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN-GRACE AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LA PAZ,BOLIVIA JAMAICA,NY MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BOLIVIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51702
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- El Alto
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