Boeing 707 accidents

The NTSB database holds 201 accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707, recorded between 1962 to 2015. 31 of them were fatal (15%), and 869 people died.

The deadliest year was 1974, with 291 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (84 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Europe and Atlantic Ocean North Lat..

189 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

201

Records

Fatal

869

Deaths

15%

Share fatal

1962 to 2015

Period

Show these on the map 12 of 201 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 70

1970s 92

1980s 20

1990s 12

2000s 5

2010s 2

Where these happened

United States 133 Europe 13 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 9 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 9 Asia 7 Other-Foreign Countries 4

Operators involved

Pan American World Airways, Inc. 51 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 51 American Airlines, Inc. 31 Other-Foreign Flag Carrier 8 Continental Air Lines, Inc. 6 Air France 4

All 201 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Feb 1989	Boeing 707 N7231T	Santa Maria, Portugal no coordinates	Independent Air, Inc.	Fatal	144
22 Apr 1974	Boeing 707 N446PA	Bali, Asia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	107
30 Jan 1974	Boeing 707 N454PA	Pago Pago, Samoa no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	96
8 Sep 1974	Boeing 707 N8734	Cephalonia, Europe no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	88
8 Dec 1963	Boeing 707 N709PA	Elkton, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	81
22 Jul 1973	Boeing 707 N417PA	Papeete, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	78
26 Jan 1990	Boeing 707-321B HK201	Cove Neck, New York, United States no coordinates	Avianca	Fatal	73
12 Dec 1968	Boeing 707 N494PA	Caracas, South America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	51
22 May 1962	Boeing 707 N70775	Unionville, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	45
17 Dec 1973	Boeing 707 N407PA	Rome, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	31
4 Jul 2002	Boeing 707 9XR-IS	Bangui, Central African Republic no coordinates	New Gomair	Fatal	23
21 Oct 2009	Boeing 707 ST-AKW	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates no coordinates	Sudan Airways	Fatal	6
10 Mar 1998	Boeing 707-336 U-PBA	Mombosa, Kenya no coordinates	Air Memphis	Fatal	6
13 Jun 1968	Boeing 707 N798PA	Calcutta, Asia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	6
26 Jul 1969	Boeing 707 N787TW	Pomona, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	5
23 Oct 1996	Boeing 707-323 N751MA	Manta, Ecuador no coordinates	Millon Air Inc.	Fatal	4
14 Apr 1987	Boeing 707-351C N144SP	Kansas City, Missouri, United States	-	Fatal	4
25 Jul 1971	Boeing 707 N461PA	Manila, Asia no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	4
3 Nov 1973	Boeing 707 N458PA	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	3
26 Dec 1968	Boeing 707 N799PA	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	3
9 Jan 1971	Boeing 707 N7595A	Edison, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	2
20 Sep 1990	Boeing 707-321B N320MJ	Marana, Arizona, United States	-	Fatal	1
14 Feb 1987	Boeing 707-323B N712PC	Durango, Mexico no coordinates	Ports of Call, Inc.	Fatal	1
11 Nov 1982	Boeing 707-300 N707GB	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Arrow Airways	Fatal	1
7 Apr 1975	Boeing 707 N886PA	St Johns, Canada no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Fatal	1
28 Aug 1973	Boeing 707 N8705T	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
28 Oct 1970	Boeing 707 N739TW	Dubuque, Iowa, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
3 Aug 1969	Boeing 707 N7567A	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
6 Nov 1967	Boeing 707 N742TW	Erlanger, Kentucky, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	1
11 Nov 1964	Boeing 707 GAPFH	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	British Airways	Fatal	1
10 Apr 2015	Boeing 707 338C N624RH	Victorville, California, United States	Omni Air International	No injuries	-
19 May 2011	Boeing 707-321B N707AR	Point Mugu, California, United States	Omega Aerial Refueling Services, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
19 Mar 2005	Boeing 707-300 9G-IRL	Entebbe, Uganda	Cargo Plus Aviation	Minor injuries	-
7 Mar 2001	Boeing 707 PT-MST	Sao Paulo, Brazil no coordinates	Daedalus Aircraft Financing Inc	No injuries	-
22 Sep 2000	Boeing 707-312B 5VTAG	Niamey, Niger no coordinates	Republic of Togo	Minor injuries	-
7 Feb 1999	Boeing 707 9GROX	Slovak Republic, Slovakia no coordinates	Sothern Aviation	No injuries	-
14 Nov 1998	Boeing 707-355C 5NVRG	Oostend, Belgium no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
5 Dec 1997	Boeing 707-320 CXBSB	Montevideo, Uruguay no coordinates	Transcontinental SUR	No injuries	-
22 Feb 1996	Boeing 707-323C N751MA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Millon Air	No injuries	-
2 Aug 1993	Boeing 707-341 N107BV	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Fast Air Carrier Ltd	No injuries	-
25 Apr 1992	Boeing 707-324C HK360	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Trans Aereos Mercan Pan AM	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1991	Boeing 707-323C N8404	Denver, Colorado, United States	Southern Air Transport (Sat)	No injuries	-
24 Apr 1990	Boeing 707-321B CCCYB	Miami, Florida, United States	Operada EN Arrend. POR Ladeco	No injuries	-
22 Jan 1989	Boeing 707-323B N712PC	Salt Lake City, Utah, United States	-	No injuries	-
16 Nov 1988	Boeing 707-355C N707MB	Sanford, Florida, United States	NMB, Singapore Ltd	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1988	Boeing 707-330C N707HE	Bogota, Colombia no coordinates	Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 May 1987	Boeing 707-323C N8404	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States	-	Minor injuries	-
24 Jun 1984	Boeing 707-323C GSAIL	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1983	Boeing 707-123B N2773	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	American Trans Air, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Apr 1983	Boeing 707-323C N8415	Baltimore, Maryland, United States	Global Int'l Airways	Serious injuries	-