Douglas DC-7B N51702

29 October 1962 · La Paz, South America · No injuries

Summary

On 29 October 1962 at about 15:08 local time, a Douglas DC-7B registered N51702, operated by Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near La Paz, South America. 42 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 October 1962 at 15:08
Classification: Accident
Location: La Paz, South America
Nearest airport: El Alto
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7B
Registration: N51702
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Jamaica, Ny
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0071

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
42	0	0	0	42

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF BOLIVIA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0071, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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16 Mar 1963	Douglas DC-7B N359AA	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Mar 1963	Douglas DC-7B N841D	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 13 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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27 Jul 1964	Lockheed PV-2 N7270C	Aruba Antilles, South America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Mar 1964	Douglas DC-8 N8276H	Buenos, South America no coordinates	Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
28 Feb 1964	Beechraft 95 N2092C	Corcovado Brazil, South America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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All 38 records in South America