- Date
- June 14, 1964
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 8 minor, 157 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N778PABoeing 707 121
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 64/6/14 SAN JUAN PR BOEING 707 121 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1156 N778PA PX- 0 0157 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PUERTO RICO INTL OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING REMARKS- REFUELER HIT LEAKING FUEL VALVE CAUSING VALVE TO OPEN. WIND BLEW ESCAPING FUEL ONTO HOT ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N778PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 121
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Puerto Rico Intl
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