Boeing 707 N446PA

22 April 1974 · Bali, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 22 April 1974 at about 15:26 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N446PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Bali, Asia. 107 people were on board and 107 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 April 1974 at 15:26
Classification: Accident
Location: Bali, Asia
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N446PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Hongkong → Sydney, Australia
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 1-0047

People

107 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
107	107	0	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

OTR ADF INDCD STEADY COND.RPRTD BY GOVT OF INDO.PILOT-PREMATURE PT OUTBD BASED ON ONLY 1 ADF INDCN

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 1-0047, 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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