Boeing 707 N453PA

21 April 1979 · Panama City, Central America · Serious injuries

Summary

On 21 April 1979 at about 21:10 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N453PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Panama City, Central America. 88 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 7 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 April 1979 at 21:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Panama City, Central America
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N453PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Managua, Nicaraugua → S
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0030

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
88	0	1	7	80

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.

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 1-0030, 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

Central America 33 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 707 201 1979 4,210

Other Boeing 707 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Apr 1979	Boeing 707 N8413	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
18 Sep 1979	Boeing 707 N7566	Palatine, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Apr 1979	Boeing 707 N433MA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Other-Foreign Flag Carrier	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1980	Boeing 707 N8406	Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Apr 1980	Boeing 707 N780TW	Fillmore, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Aug 1978	Boeing 707 N746TW	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 201 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Oct 1979	Douglas DC-8 N1809E	Panama Cty, Central America no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
3 Sep 1980	Boeing 727 N327PA	S.jose, Central America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
29 May 1978	Bellanca 14-19 N8238R	L Mrcds, Central America no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
8 Jul 1978	Cessna 172 N64089	Gamboa, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 May 1978	Cessna 152 N24723	Tres Herms, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
28 Sep 1976	Piper PA-32 N3679W	Point-Pitre, Central America no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 33 records in Central America