Boeing 707 N797PA

8 March 1972 · London, Europe · No injuries

Summary

On 8 March 1972 at about 11:15 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N797PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during static near London, Europe. 35 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 March 1972 at 11:15
Classification: Accident
Location: London, Europe
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N797PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Static
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0050

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
35	0	0	0	35

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

INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF UK.

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 1-0050, 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
8 Mar 1972	Boeing 747 N738PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
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26 Jun 1972	Boeing 747 N93103	Madrid, Europe no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
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15 Aug 1972	Consolidate 28-5AC N190	Monte Carlo, Europe no coordinates	Stewart Enterp	Minor injuries	-
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