Boeing 707 N423PA

24 October 1972 · Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters · Serious injuries

Summary

On 24 October 1972 at about 09:10 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N423PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters. 156 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 October 1972 at 09:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N423PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Dallas, Tex → Bridgetown, Barbados
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0036

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
156	0	1	4	151

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

FLT ATTENDANT COMPLAINED SOME PAX WOULDNT SIT DWN.PLT MADE ANNOUNCEMENT.ENCOUNTERED FCSTD TURB.

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 1-0036, 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
13 Sep 1972	Boeing 707 N15712	S.francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Jul 1972	Boeing 707 N8705T	Windsor Lock, Connecticut, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Nov 1972	Boeing 707 N784TW	St.louis, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Dec 1972	Boeing 707 N788TW	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Mar 1972	Boeing 707 N797PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1972	Boeing 707 YU-AGA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	Minor injuries	-

All 201 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Jan 1972	Piper PA-23 N6648Y	Gulf of Mex, Other-International Waters no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Jan 1973	Bell 47J-2 N73968	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Continental OI	Minor injuries	-
28 Jul 1973	Bell 206 N8162J	Dhahran, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
15 Sep 1973	Bell 206B N83157	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
9 Jun 1971	Bell 206A N6217N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
9 Feb 1971	Piper PA-30 N8631Y	Caysal Is.bahamas, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Burnside-Ott A	No injuries	-

All 35 records in Other-International Waters