- Date
- April 7, 1964
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 16 serious, 32 minor, 97 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N779PABoeing-707 139
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0052 64/4/7 JAMAICA NY BOEING-707 139 CR- 0 1 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2303 N779PA PX- 0 15121 47, 14629 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 711 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N779PA
- Reported as
- Boeing-707 139
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.