Boeing 707 N7099

18 September 1970 · No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 September 1970 at about 02:45 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N7099, operated by Braniff Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 173 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 10 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 September 1970 at 02:45
Classification: Accident
Location: No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N7099
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Braniff Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Honolulu, Hawaii → Clark Afbase, Pi
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0037

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
173	0	1	10	162

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 SIGN TURNED ON JUST BEFORE ACFT PENETRATED TOP OF UNDETECTED CB. NOT SHOWN ON WEA RADAR.

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 1-0037, 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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Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 50 Braniff Airways, Inc. 45 Boeing 707 201 1970 4,980

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