Boeing 707 N453PA
24 December 1970 · Northway, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 24 December 1970 at about 00:15 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N453PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Northway, Alaska, United States. 75 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Northway, Alaska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N453PA
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Seattle, Wash → Fairbanks, Alas
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0052
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 |
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
EXTREME TURB ENCOUNTERED, WAS NOT FCST. BABY INJURED WHEN TORN FROM MOTHERS ARMS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 707 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 1970 | Boeing 707 | Dubuque, Iowa, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 5 Dec 1970 | Boeing 707 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1970 | Boeing 707 | Janesville, Wisconsin, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 1970 | Boeing 707 | Durazno, South America | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 11 Feb 1970 | Boeing 707 | Stockton, California, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 18 Sep 1970 | Boeing 707 | No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | Braniff Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |