- Date
- September 17, 1965
- Place
- Montserrat Bwi, Marshall Islands · MONTSERRAT BWI, Montserrat
- Injuries
- 30 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N708PABoeing 707 121B
- Status
- Completed · report November 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0082 65/9/17 MONTSERRAT BWI BOEING 707 121B CR- 9 0 0 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0724 N708PA PX- 21 0 0 43, 15355 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 297 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT-DESCNDED BELOW SAFE ALT DUE NAVIGATNL ERROR. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 1700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY UNITED KINGDON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N708PA
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 121B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Coolidge Antigua
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