Boeing 720 N780PA
21 February 1969 · Houston, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 21 February 1969 at about 11:30 local time, a Boeing 720 registered N780PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Houston, Texas, United States. 31 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 720
- Registration
- N780PA
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Mexico City, Mex → Houston, Tex
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0043
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
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
SEAT BELT ANNOUNCEMENT HAD BEEN MADE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 720 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1969 | Boeing 720 | Janesville, Wisconsin, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 May 1969 | Boeing 720 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 1969 | Boeing 720 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 1968 | Boeing 720 | Cleveland, Ohio, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1970 | Boeing 720 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Nov 1970 | Boeing 720 | Pt.reyes, California, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |