Boeing 707 N417PA

22 July 1973 · Papeete, Other-Foreign Countries · Fatal

Summary

On 22 July 1973 at about 22:07 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N417PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Papeete, Other-Foreign Countries. 79 people were on board and 78 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 July 1973 at 22:07
Classification: Accident
Location: Papeete, Other-Foreign Countries
Nearest airport: Faaa Arpt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N417PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Auckland, New Zealand → Los Angeles, Calif
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0038

People

78 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
79	78	1	0	0

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

NMBR FOUR WHL LOCKOUT-DEBOOST VALVE DMGD CAUSINGBRAKE DRAG, OVRHEAT WHL, INTRNL TIRE FIRE, TIRE BLEW

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 1-0038, 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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