# NTSB UNK74X0101: Boeing 707, N407PA, Rome, Italy, December 17, 1973

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 17, 1973
- Place: Rome, Italy · ROME, Italy
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 31 fatal, 1 serious, 8 minor, 28 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK74X0101
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK74X0101

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0033  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N407PA-1974-03-15), registration cancelled 1974-03-15, S/N 18838 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-321B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-321b) (registry code 138366B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fiumicino

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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