Boeing 727 N18479

21 November 1980 · Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 21 November 1980 at about 09:52 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N18479, operated by Continental Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.. 73 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 November 1980 at 09:52
Classification: Accident
Location: Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses.
Nearest airport: Yap
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 727
Registration: N18479
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Continental Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Saipan → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0002

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
73	0	3	0	70

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

1ST UNSUPERVISED LNDG FOR PIC AT YAP, NO 727 LNDGS 61DAYS PRIOR.FLT ATTNDTS NOT FAM W OP EMGY EXIT.

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 1-0002, 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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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	-

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