# NTSB UNK64X4059: Boeing 707 123B, N7504A, Palmdale, CA, September 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 20, 1964
- Place: Palmdale, CA · PALMDALE, CA
- Location: 34.5794° N, 118.1165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palmdale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5794&lon=-118.1165&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0060  64/9/20    PALMDALE CALIF      BOEING 707 123B     CR-  0  0  4  TRAINING                  AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0725                    N7504A              PX-  0  0  0                            45, 20500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1560 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PALMDALE-AF
        OPERATOR - BRANIFF AIRWAYS,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7504A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707 123B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Palmdale-Af

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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