Douglas DC-7C N5906

15 August 1963 · Panama Cty, Central America · No injuries

Summary

On 15 August 1963 at about 02:03 local time, a Douglas DC-7C registered N5906, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Panama Cty, Central America. 52 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: 15 August 1963 at 02:03
Classification: Accident
Location: Panama Cty, Central America
Nearest airport: Tocumen Natl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-7C
Registration: N5906
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Braniff Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0077

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
52	0	0	0	52

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF PANAMA. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

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 1-0077, 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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Central America 33 Braniff Airways, Inc. 45 Douglas DC-7C 15 1963 78

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3 Jun 1963	Douglas DC-7C N290	Annette Isld, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	101
22 Oct 1962	Douglas DC-7C N285	Sitka Sound, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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12 Sep 1966	Douglas DC-7C N2282	Tokyo, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Dec 1966	Douglas DC-7C N4059K	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
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All 15 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
25 Mar 1963	Boeing 707 N7072	Panama Cty, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Jun 1964	North Am F-51 N6170U	Mateare Nicaragua, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
20 Oct 1964	No American F51D N6162U	Corinto Nicaragua, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Dec 1964	Beechcraft R-35 N9713F	Utila Is Honduras, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Apr 1964	Douglas DC-6B N6520C	San Jose Costa Ri, Central America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 May 1965	No American F51D N6153U	Sta Teresa Nicrga, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 33 records in Central America