Boeing 727 N327PA

3 September 1980 · S.jose, Central America · Minor injuries

Summary

On 3 September 1980 at about 14:30 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N327PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near S.jose, Central America. 74 people were on board and 15 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 September 1980 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: S.jose, Central America
Nearest airport: Juan Santamaria
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N327PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0017

People

15 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
74	0	0	15	59

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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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA.

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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 1-0017, 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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Central America 33 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 727 512 1980 3,962

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Nov 1980	Boeing 727 N18479	Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
11 Nov 1980	Boeing 727 N462B	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
11 Apr 1980	Boeing 727 N8873Z	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Jan 1980	Boeing 727 N458DA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Braniff Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Jul 1980	Boeing 727 N4749	Richmond, Virginia, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	Minor injuries	-
8 Jan 1979	Boeing 727 N2811W	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 512 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	-
21 Apr 1979	Boeing 707 N453PA	Panama City, Central America no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious 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