UNK74X0101

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 707 · Rome, Italy · December 17, 1973

Incident · FatalClosed
Date
December 17, 1973
Place
Rome, Italy · ROME, Italy
Injuries
31 fatal, 1 serious, 8 minor, 28 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N407PABoeing 707
Status
Completed · report August 26, 1974
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
187328

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0033  73/12/17   ROME,ITALY          BOEING 707          CR-  1  0  8  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1145                    N407PA              PX- 30  1 28                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FIUMICINO
        OPERATOR - PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          NEW YORK,NY                 TEHERAN                      BEIRUT,LEBANON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        REMARKS- TERRORIST ATTACK.FATALITIES & SERIOUS INJURIES DUE CRIMINAL ACTION.INVEST UNDER JUR ITALIAN GOVT.

Aircraft

Registration
N407PA
Reported as
Boeing 707
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Fiumicino

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.