Boeing 707 320C N363US

5 May 1966 · 370E of Tokyo Jap, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Minor injuries

Summary

On 5 May 1966 at about 16:26 local time, a Boeing 707 320C registered N363US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near 370E of Tokyo Jap, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 173 people were on board and 18 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 May 1966 at 16:26
Classification: Incident
Location: 370E of Tokyo Jap, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707 320C
Registration: N363US
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0017

People

18 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
173	0	0	18	155

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

UNWANTED RAPID CABIN DEPRESSURIZATION.ALL PASSENGER OXYGEN SERVICE UNITS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY

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 4-0017, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Oct 1965	Boeing 707 320C N17321	Glenwood Spgs Col, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

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All 50 records in Pacific Ocean North Latitudes