# NTSB UNK64X2275: Boeing 707 121, N778PA, San Juan, PR, June 14, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1964
- Place: San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 8 minor, 157 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2275
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2275

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0024  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N778PA-1986-04-02), registration cancelled 1986-04-02, S/N 17903, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707 121
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-138B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-138b) (registry code 138360T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Puerto Rico Intl

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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