Boeing 747 N736PA

27 March 1977 · Tenerife, Europe · Fatal

Summary

On 27 March 1977 at about 17:06 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N736PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Tenerife, Europe. 396 people were on board. In all, 574 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground, and 34 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 March 1977 at 17:06
Classification: Accident
Location: Tenerife, Europe
Nearest airport: Los Rodeos
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N736PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Los Angeles, Ca, Unst → Las Palmas, Canr
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0026

People

574 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
396	574	34	36	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.

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INVESTIGATED & REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF SPAIN.

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Source

NTSB record 1-0026, 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.

Also in

Europe 74 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 747 429 1977 4,469

Other Boeing 747 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Mar 1977	Boeing 747 PH-BUP	Tenerife, Europe no coordinates	KLM	Fatal	574
24 Mar 1977	Boeing 747 N747PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1977	Boeing 747 N93104	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1977	Boeing 747 N4727U	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Aug 1977	Boeing 747 B1860	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	Fatal	-
3 Sep 1977	Boeing 747 IDEME	Hampton, New York, United States no coordinates	Alitalia	No injuries	-

All 429 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Oct 1977	Douglas DC-8 N911CL	Shannon Arpt, Europe no coordinates	Capitol Airways	Serious injuries	-
9 Jun 1977	Boeing 727 N329PA	Berlin, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Nov 1976	Piper PA-31T HB-LHT	Shannon Arpt, Europe no coordinates	Aeroleasing SA	Fatal	5
24 Apr 1976	Boeing 707 N8738	Paris, Europe no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1978	Cessna 421 N4589L	Beziers, Europe no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
16 Sep 1979	Boeing 747 N754PA	Frankfort, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	No injuries	-

All 74 records in Europe